[Ti] Help - Display gone all bizarre on me

[Lee Wilmeth]

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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