[Ti] Help - Display gone all bizarre on me

[Mantic]

Do you have a how-to to check the ribbon cable? Like where is it in the 
machine, what tools, etc. Mine has been doing this  and is out of 
warrantee.

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 06:05  PM, Lee Wilmeth wrote:

> Geoff,
>
> Sounds to me like the display ribbon cable is loose or damaged. If you 
> somewhat technically proficient, you might try taking it apart, 
> checking the cable by detaching and re-attaching and see if that > helps.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Lee
> On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 04:52 PM, Geoff Hopson wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Long time reader, first time poster. Had a rev A TiBook 500MHz 512Meg 
>> RAM since they first came out, and it has been a loyal servant over 
>> the last 2.5 years or so. But this week the display has been playing 
>> up. Quite randomly, the screen will be replaced with a series of 
>> vertical lines very close together, or the same but with a single 
>> black horizontal line across it, or some other weird effects. A 
>> reboot normally fixes it - but today even the reboot sequence bought 
>> up the "display of death".
>>
>> I zapped the PRAM a few times, seemed to help (got me through a busy 
>> afternoon with no crashes), but the thing has just gone again. 
>> Luckily this time I can ssh into it - nothing untoward when using 
>> top, nothing (apparent) in the system log.
>>
>> ANyone else seen this? Is my display busted? If so, what hope?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> geoff
>> --
>> Geoff Hopson
>> Objectology Ltd.
>> http://www.objectology.co.uk/
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Lee
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