>Tim, This is the quintessential symptom of a blown wiring harness for the backlight cable. The hinge design was problematic--it basically cuts the cable harness over time. We have a replacement part that resolves this, though I'm sure several other companies do as well.. The cable is pretty cheap; the repair process is a booger (requires FULL dissassembly of the upper & lower halves of the ibook--not something to "do it yoruself")...... Find a company that can do it for you. It should run about $150 for the whole repair, parts included.. Dave >All: > >I purchased a used g3 iBook, 800mhz with combo drive. About a month >ago, I started having problems with the screen. When I would open it >past perpendicular, the screen would go black. If you closed the lid >& restarted it, it would work again until you opened the screen too >far. Within about a week, the range that the display would work >decreased until it was constantly black. > >The computer works just fine when hooked up to an external >dispay/TV. I also just noticed a small thin blue & white wire >slightly poking out of the seam in the back of the laptop, behind >the hinge portion. Just yestaeray, I was sitting in a different >lighting location while hooked up to an external monitor and I >noticed that you could just barely see the actual image on the >laptop display. but it was really, really dark. > >Any thoughts?? I was thinking that it might be a loose or pinched >wire problem, given that the initial problems came about when >moving/opening the screen. Is this something that is fixable? Any >ideas on costs, etc.? The computer has more than enough speed & >memory for what I need it for, and I would be willing to put some >money into it rather than buying a new one. > >thanks > >Tim > >_______________________________________________ >iBook mailing list >iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook > >Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984