Quote: It's probably the reed switch/backlight cable. The same cable went bad on my iBook 500mhz and I experienced the same problems. Try replacing that cable first or g…

http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/50.0.0.html This tells you how to get inside and unhook the display. I'm sure that with a little digging on that site you can propbably find somethin…

A bad inverter board can also cause a screen to stay dark.

Yes, but on this model it is most likely the screen cable. As above, guides can be found at www.pbfixit.com You have to remove the display which involves dismantling the almost all…

I have a similar issue on a 500 mhz dual USB model. Already replaced the invertor board and backliht, so I really don't know what to do. Any ideas?

Replace the reed switch/backlight cable

Well, ordered a new reed switch/cable and inverter board. I'll post back the results...

It's almost never the backlight itself, but rather one of the backlight components. And EnVoy, your signature is too large, 200x50 pixel image and one line of text is the maximum …

Quote: And EnVoy, your signature is too large, 200x50 pixel image and one line of text is the maximum I believe. Bahumbug!

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Success! A tip for anyone doing this, get the guide from PBFixit, and use the screw chart.

I have the same problem with my Ibook G3 (12 in, 700), and my warranty just ran out. I have ordered a reed switch cable from smalldog electronics, but before I take my computer ap…

Discharge yourself or static electricity by touching an unpainted metal surface. Magnetic tipped screw drivers should do no harm but try to keep them away from the hard drive.

I took it apart, But I still don't know how to get the reed switch out of the hinge. Could you please help? Thanks a bunch!

Are you using a disassembly guide like the one on ifixit? You need to remove the back of the display and then change out the reed switch cable etc

Congrats EnVoy, it always feels good to disassemble a whole computer and having it working again afterwards . It's also a good chance to put in a DVDRW drive and maybe a 7200 rpm h…

Hey guys, i just got my p910 from buy.com but i am having trouble synncing with my powerbook 12" running tiger 10.4.5. The phone book syncs fine but all my of entries are coming ou…

I just noticed that certain words like "download" "data" "iPod" and "Apple" are showing up with mouseover links to advertisers. I for one HATE this...

Indeed, it is annoying. i hope that this wasn't intentionally allowed by the 'NN staff. p.s.: it also happens with "mac" or "os x", among many others.

YA THIS IS GAY. Seriously, do it in the blogs if you want. But the individuals whose words are being "sponsored" are not intending to have their words used in this way and are not…

Oooh. Now this is cute. I just deleted a thread in the PowerBook Forum created by a new member because it had one of these links in it. I just thought he was a spammer that put an…

According to the "what is this?" link in the advertisement, it appears to be a new policy on the part of MacNN: Quote: MacNN.com IntelliTXT Statement Version 1.0 Intel…

Don't like it. At all. Whatsoever. Period. If that crap show up in my psots, I'll delete them myself..

There are easy ways to block "intelliTXT". Just do a Google search. That being said, MacNN never fails to disappoint when it comes to doing downright annoying things in order t…

Quote: Originally Posted by Lateralus I just deleted a thread in the PowerBook Forum created by a new member because it had one of these links in it. I just thought he was a sp…