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From: David Kennedy on 21 Oct 2006 05:33 On 21/10/06 9:54 am, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > So: no joy at all. Anyone got any ideas what I might do to get this > machine booted, or at least responding a bit more to the outside world? > When I had a similar problem with a 500mhz ibook it finally responded after being left overnight with no battery and no power connected followed by the re-set procedure. A bit worrying at the time though... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Jon B on 21 Oct 2006 05:40 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet> wrote: > That's it, really: got a 600MHz G3 iBook with MacOS X 10.3.9 installed > on it. > > It won't start up. It'll go `bong', and the battery shows life, but > there's not a flicker from the `power' light, and nothing on the screen. > Could be logic board failure, could be the inverter cable has broken, if you look very very carefully at the screen during the boot up time can you see the Apple in the centre of the screen? If you can it is probably the inverter [1], if you can't, then logic board. Has the screen ever gone funny like this... <http://www.arcuk.eclipse.co.uk/apple/picindex.htm> which is also signs of the logic board failure. [1] If you tilt the screen you can sometimes get the screen backlight to come back on. -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 21 Oct 2006 13:22 David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamtodaythanksverymuchforthekindofferyoubastard.invalid > wrote: > On 21/10/06 9:54 am, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > > > So: no joy at all. Anyone got any ideas what I might do to get this > > machine booted, or at least responding a bit more to the outside world? > > > > When I had a similar problem with a 500mhz ibook it finally responded > after being left overnight with no battery and no power connected > followed by the re-set procedure. That's what got the thing to give the flickering grey screen - but nothing more exciting than that. > A bit worrying at the time though... I'm still rather worried - it's looking like logic board failure. Oh well. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 21 Oct 2006 13:22 Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet> wrote: > > > That's it, really: got a 600MHz G3 iBook with MacOS X 10.3.9 installed > > on it. > > > > It won't start up. It'll go `bong', and the battery shows life, but > > there's not a flicker from the `power' light, and nothing on the screen. > > > Could be logic board failure, could be the inverter cable has broken, if > you look very very carefully at the screen during the boot up time can > you see the Apple in the centre of the screen? Nope. > If you can it is probably > the inverter [1], if you can't, then logic board. Damn. I take it that would be rather expensive to have replaced? > Has the screen ever gone funny like this... > <http://www.arcuk.eclipse.co.uk/apple/picindex.htm> > which is also signs of the logic board failure. That looks a bit like the screen did when I got it to play a little (see below) - except that the screen was plain grey - the sort of screen you expect to see in the early stages of bootup. > [1] If you tilt the screen you can sometimes get the screen backlight to > come back on. I left the battery out overnight and reset the power manager after putting it back in. That got me a flickering grey screen - so the inverter (and screen in general) is okay. It's not sounding good, is it? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Stuart Bell on 21 Oct 2006 16:41
Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com> wrote: > Could be logic board failure, I think the 'bong' excludes that possibility. At least when my iBook l/b failed it was total. STuart -- Try stuartsmacs at dsl dot pipex dot com to email me. |