I would suggest repairing permissions. --- James Paul Manley Albuquerque, New Mexico http://web.mac.com/jamespmanley/iWeb/Photoshop_Elements http://web.mac.com/jamespmanley/iWeb/Gods_plan/Welcome.html On Oct 7, 2007, at Oct 7, 2007 10:49 PM, Kathi Anderson wrote: > HELP! > I needed to replace a Optical drive on a 14" ibook (out of warranty, > of course). I have done these before so wasn't too concerned. > Everything went well UNTIL I went to test it. The computer started up > great, login screen was good, I logged in, tested the optical drive > (which worked) and then the screen went faint. I could still see that > it was on, but it was almost like the backlight went out. > I can restart it and the same thing will happen. I have tried a PRAM > reset and it acts the same. I have checked to see if any wiring got > pinched, but don't see any. > Does anyone have an idea of what I did?? AND how I can fix it??