[iBook] ibook display question

[Wegener Media]

>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
>
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