<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Video chip on motherboard bad.<div>Have you hooked it to a monitor.</div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Sep 26, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Kent wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hey all,<br>Last night my Powerbook (Mercury 500 Mhz, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB HD, OS X4.11) worked great, this morning when I turn it on, the screen shows stripes, if the little Apple comes on with the loading symbol, the screen gets very bright in the center, or goes back to stripes.<br><br>I have turned it off and on several times, but no change.<br><br>Any ideas? <br><br>Thanks,<br>Kent<br><br><div>"A person who <strong>won't</strong> read has no advantage over one that <strong>can't</strong> read." - Mark Twain </div> <div>"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read". -Groucho Marx</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br> _______________________________________________<br>Titanium mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">Titanium@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</a><br>http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>