[Ti] Black Lines in Display

[Ron Owens]

It was nothing fancy:

1. Turned the machine over
2. Removed the battery
3. Removed all the screws
4. Found the connectors: one is multi-pin, the other two-pin (if the latch
is toward you, I think they'll be close to you and on the left -- not sure,
though)
5. Wiggled them almost off
6. Wiggled them back on
7. Put it back together

But, as I said in my previous post, be very careful when you have it apart.
Don't try to open the display.  And if you have applecare or a warranty,
you'll probably want to take it in.  They'll not only give you a new
display, they'll fix anything else they find.

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