Subject: Re: can X Fry Powerbook Screen?
From: Tommy Young (tommyyoung@mac.com)
Date: Mon Aug 07 2000 - 08:03:40 MDT
possibility that you could have disconnected the internal screen, I wonder
if this would be covered by the apple warrenty?
tommy young
( I am also forwarding you message to the linuxppc user list as there are
more people there
> From: marlow <production@magicolor.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 08:26:40 -0400
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: can X Fry Powerbook Screen?
>
>
> I tried to boot into the install via BootX as described in guide. Screen
>
> garbled then went to a bright yellow-white. Didn't think this was a big
> deal, but on reboot no video at all, just the same yellow-white screen.
> The exterior video worked until i tried to mess with the monitor
> settings in hopes of getting it back into working order. Resetting
> machine, via old type 'pram zap' & PB special 'fn' reset only bring the
> external display up to macOS splash screen. I know X configs can fry
> CRTs, but had no clue this could happen. Did I kill the screen, is there
>
> a fix, is this a known issue? Help...I've not even used the machine yet.
>
> I just bought it second hand, and had been running cycling tests and
> benchmarks all to great result. Then boom I kill it setting it up. Any
> ideas would be of great help.
>
> PB G3 Series
> 300mhz
> 64 Meg
> 14.1
> 8 gig
>
> stock box really..but for those who will have to ask
>
> I got the external video up, the Apple system profiler acknowledges the
> external monitor on the PCI bus, but no mention of the PB Screen.
>
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