Re: PowerBook 540c Loose Hinge

2005-11-03 Thread Shaun Reynolds
Hi Jared, Could you share those instructions with me? I have the Apple Service manual (at least the one that has the take-apart instructions, can't rember if that is the service manual or not), however it isn't really specific about the handling of the LCD panel. The irony of the situation is that

Re: PowerBook 540c Loose Hinge

2005-11-01 Thread Shaun Reynolds
I was afraid of that. I know where to get a new back panel, just afraid that once I get the unit replaced, the LCD won't work. I am not usually this "squeamish" about doing computer surgeries, but for some reason this one just didn't work. -Shaun On 11/1/05, Jared <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

PowerBook 540c Loose Hinge

2005-11-01 Thread Shaun Reynolds
Greetings, I just got a PB 540c from eBay (arrived in the mail yesterday), and I noticed that the hinges are really loose from the back plastic display panel. Wondering it there is an easy fix for this? If at all possible, I don't want to take the LCD panel out of the case. The last time I did thi

Re: Non-Working PB 540c Display

2005-10-09 Thread Shaun Reynolds
t in the broken case it lights up then there is > something missing when you put it in the new case so re-step every > part of the transplant. > > vicki > On 8 Oct 2005, at 01:15, Shaun Reynolds wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I've just bought the back panel for

Non-Working PB 540c Display

2005-10-07 Thread Shaun Reynolds
Hi all, I've just bought the back panel for a PowerBook 540c. The hinges no longer attached to the back of the old plastic panel. After swapping out the LCD and the two circuit boards and placing them in the new back panel, the LCD stays dark. The backlight comes on, but the display stays blank. A