Well mine was the passive matrix. it didnt have the "tunnel vision" it had the VERY dark contrast, and heavy scan-line leakage.
Replacing all the lytics on the panel itself, fixed the problem. had full contrast control, it wasn't drifting around anymore. and the scan line leakage went away with proper contrast.
I just got a powerbook 180 and it has the active matrix screen. So far, no faults reported except for a dim backlight.
But ill check out the panel, recap if necessary.
As far as the color LCD lines issues, Its possible you may need the right LCD cable as well? dont know, never personally had a color powerbook 1xx
As far as the 540, i have the color passive version, and its got the PPC chip in it. but the laptop is physically and cosmetically destroyed so im trying to hunt down a donor in good shape. Almost like someone dropped it off a 2 story building. lol. Sad thing is though, it boots. FDD is toast though.
Replacing all the lytics on the panel itself, fixed the problem. had full contrast control, it wasn't drifting around anymore. and the scan line leakage went away with proper contrast.
I just got a powerbook 180 and it has the active matrix screen. So far, no faults reported except for a dim backlight.
But ill check out the panel, recap if necessary.
As far as the color LCD lines issues, Its possible you may need the right LCD cable as well? dont know, never personally had a color powerbook 1xx
As far as the 540, i have the color passive version, and its got the PPC chip in it. but the laptop is physically and cosmetically destroyed so im trying to hunt down a donor in good shape. Almost like someone dropped it off a 2 story building. lol. Sad thing is though, it boots. FDD is toast though.