Thanks. It turned out that the problem was my daughter had been fumbling around with the light and contrast controls. Doh! Cheers, Brian On 11/14/06, C. Aranzazu <caranzazu at union-city.k12.nj.us> wrote: > I would take the iBook to my nearest apple store. if it is only a few > weeks old and this happened it might just be a hardware issue. If it > is just that then it is still under warrantee and they should fix it > for free. > > >My daughter recently purchased a MacBook through her high school and > >for the first few weeks it has been working fine. Suddenly, the screen > >is dim and barely legible. I have tried changing the energy saver > >settings, but it doesn't seem to help. I have googled around a bit and > >found a lot of stuff on a MacBook dim screen issue, but it mainly > >seems to be speculation and a lot of chatter on various lists about > >everything from Mac's attacking old ladies on the street to how cute > >someone's cat picture is. Does anyone have an informative link on this > >issue, or can tell me what the problem is? > > > >Cheers, > > > >Brian > >_______________________________________________ > >X-Newbies mailing list > >X-Newbies at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > > >Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > > > > >This message has been scanned for virus detection by the Union City > >School's email system. > >Un-cleanable attachments have been deleted and the sender notified. > > > -- > From > C.A. Aranzazu > > > This message has been scanned for virus detection by the Union City School's email system. Un-cleanable attachments have been deleted and the sender notified. > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >