On Sep 26, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > Video chip on motherboard bad. > Have you hooked it to a monitor. > Older powerbooks and ibooks had a problem with the way the video > cable that feeds the LCD display getting pinched in the hinge of the > unit. So check it out on monitor to be sure. > I had this issue once on my PB G4 400. It's worth trying this out. -- Tarik