[P1] Should I worry? Screen dims when moved

[Ed Wiser]

Your backlight power cable has been pinched by the hinge. Since it is under
Applecare you can get it fixed that way. I fixed my daughters iBook for 20
bucks by getting the part from Smalldog electronics.
It doesn't get better just worse.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Linker" <dtlinker at u.washington.edu>
To: "iBook List" <ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:51 AM
Subject: [P1] Should I worry? Screen dims when moved


> I have a 600 MHz icebook, early model bought Oct 2001, under Applecare
> , and just today the screen became black when I would move it. This
> happened many times all day, and the angle it happened at was variable.
> If I would move the screen, it would become backlit again. It is not
> happening now.
>
> Should I call Tech Support? Is this a known problem? If so, does it
> generally get better/worse?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Linker
>
>
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