Thanks for the reply. Looking at the several images of video problems, mine has never looked like that. Either half horizontal page or nothing at all. Maybe I have a different variation on the symptoms, maybe I have a different problem. I'll be taking it to my local service operation tomorrow. Got to decide on the likelihood of a successful fix, then determine if I'll just buy a new machine (15" Powerbook?). Paul Gene Merritt said on 1/7/04 3:34 PM: > >Probably. It took mine about two weeks. Below are some urls, the first >being >Apple Discussions...look under LOGIC BOARD FAILURES. There are some >links >with pics and movies of the prob there and on BLACKCIDER. > >Good luck >Gene > > >http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?13@2.idz5aY5draW.2@.eef6161 >http://ibdf.mine.nu/ >http://homepage.mac.com/brianhess/index.html >http://www.blackcider.com/