Hi Screens going dark or black could point to a fault in the inverter board. I had a PowerBook G3 that did the same, and replacing the inverter board fixed it. I have just bought one for my Titanium G4 400Mhz just in case it goes. Regards Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk - The box said requires Windows 2000 or better, so I bought an Apple Mac. There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't On May 26 2007, jonarmpit at mac.com wrote: Any chance it is the setting in your Energy Saver System Preference Panel that puts your display to sleep when the computer is inactive for a specified amount of time? jon ________________________ "Be the change that you want to see in the world." -Mohandas Gandhi On May 24, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Timothy D. Naegele wrote: > Last night I was watching a DVD using Apple's DVD Player and the > screen went dark but the sound remained. I restarted the 800 Mhz > PowerBook G4, and everything was fine, and then it happened again, > so I restarted it again. Finally, I gave up trying to watch the > DVD, thinking that it might be an issue with the DVD. > > Just now I was talking with someone on Skype and the same thing > happened: a dark screen but still sound. > > From earlier PowerBooks, I seem to recall resetting the PRAM, or > something like that. Does anyone have any bright ideas? Before I > take it to the Genius Bar at an Apple store, I welcome your thoughts. > > Thanks so much. > > Tim Naegele > www.naegele.com > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 _______________________________________________ Titanium mailing list Titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984