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PowerBook 17" problem
Hi,
I have a problem with a PowerBook G4 17" 1.67Ghz A1107. Was working fine apart some graphic problems sometime when opening the screen after sleep, would show all distorded screen with mixed up pixels blinking…
Closing , then re-opening the lid would solve the problem.
It did that the other day, but this time the trick of closing-opening the lid did not worked. Screen stayed black. Even after force reboot, the screen stayed black , even tho I had the chime and distinct noises from the HD and stuff that the machine was booting.
So I though it could be bad contacts on the screen connectors to the board. I elected to swap the screen with a 17" wreck, a HR A1139. Had tried that before and it was working, didn't kept the HR screen cause it had a yellowish tint… Anyway I thought it would work.
But , did the swap , and now the machine won't boot. Only the fans runs, nothing else.
Tried reset PMU, zap PRAM, swapping RAM places… no joy...
Do you think a dead video chip could cause that ?
I have a problem with a PowerBook G4 17" 1.67Ghz A1107. Was working fine apart some graphic problems sometime when opening the screen after sleep, would show all distorded screen with mixed up pixels blinking…
Closing , then re-opening the lid would solve the problem.
It did that the other day, but this time the trick of closing-opening the lid did not worked. Screen stayed black. Even after force reboot, the screen stayed black , even tho I had the chime and distinct noises from the HD and stuff that the machine was booting.
So I though it could be bad contacts on the screen connectors to the board. I elected to swap the screen with a 17" wreck, a HR A1139. Had tried that before and it was working, didn't kept the HR screen cause it had a yellowish tint… Anyway I thought it would work.
But , did the swap , and now the machine won't boot. Only the fans runs, nothing else.
Tried reset PMU, zap PRAM, swapping RAM places… no joy...
Do you think a dead video chip could cause that ?
bad GPU.
Sh…t :-/
Thks techknight.
Thks techknight.
So swapped screen again. Had another spare, 1440x900 this one. And it works !!
Any idea why the hires one would prevent the PB from booting ?...
Any idea why the hires one would prevent the PB from booting ?...