[Ti] Black Lines in Display

Les Posen lesposen at optushome.com.au
Mon May 26 15:09:07 PDT 2003


Can you describe the process/equipment you used to do this (similar  
situation for me with an old ti400)

Les

On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 07:34  AM, PowerBook G4 Titanium List  
wrote:

> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 12:13:00 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Ti] Black Lines in Display
> From: Ron Owens <owensron at earthlink.net>
> Message-ID: <BAF7B54C.B000%owensron at earthlink.net>
>
> I took my Powerbook into an Apple Store.  The "genius" told me that it  
> would
> be $1400 to get it repaired (he called it a tier 4 repair).  This  
> motivated
> me to get inside the computer myself.  I reset the little connectors  
> that
> connect the display to the motherboard, and the problem has  
> disappeared!
> I've been working on the machine for several hours.  My fingers are  
> crossed.
>
> I thought of this trick because I used to work on Apple II computers  
> years
> and years ago.  I'd say 90% of the problems we had with those machines  
> were
> fixed by resetting memory chips, connectors, and such.
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