[P1] Dead display on ibook?

[Joe Jones]

If the VGA port has gone pear shaped as well as the internal display 
then that rules out a pinched video cable from the logic board to the 
LCD display, which while bad, is the best case scenario for a display 
break down since the cable is easily replaced.

It sounds like the graphics card has given up the ghost, in which case 
you'll need a new logic board which is expensive if you don't have 
applecare.

Have you attempted to boot it with a monitor attached to the VGA port, 
or did you just plug one in when the display went dead without 
rebooting?

If you have another Mac (it seems that you do if you're using it in 
target disk mode), boot the other Mac using the iBook's drive as the 
root disk and see what happens. You could also try trashing the monitor 
preferences.

Beyond that, I think you're looking at a new logic board.

Joe

On Sunday, Aug 24, 2003, at 15:34 Europe/London, Chris Beaumont wrote:

> Does anybody know what might be causing a (suddenly) dead display on a 
> somewhat pristine 8 month old ibook?
>
>
> I was checking email and one minute it was working, the next not...
>
> :(
>
> The video out isnt working either..
>
> However, I am able to bring it up in firewire target disk mode to copy 
> files..
>
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
>
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