>From: George Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Duo 280c Screen "Whiteout" > >Hi Patrick > >I left the machine alone for an hour - with all power sources >removed, and thankfully it now boots up with the screen intact. I'm >going to be replacing the PRAM battery on this machine in the New >Year so I'll check out the screen ribbon cable connector then. It >seemed strange that the screen fading to white happened at regular >intervals after booting - about 12 seconds in, that's why I removed >all the power incase it was some kind of PRAM "bad data" issue. > >I really hope it's not a dying inverter board, that will probably >mean the end of the road for this 280C.
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