On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Feb 6, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Brian Troisi wrote: > >>> Yuck, fortunately that's easy to fix...a pink screen is a failing >>> backlight, and changing that out in a Pismo is pretty easy. >> >> Oh really? That's good. It would be nice to easily make the screen >> brighter and not pink. Are backlights cheap? I wouldn't have to >> replace the LCD right? Thanks! > > > > The tubes themseleves are about only $15, you have to disassemble the > screen, and be moderately handy mucking about with electronics, so as > to avoid tearing cables and breaking delicate things. > > Also the lights themselves are very fragile, they're fluorescent tubes > about 4 mm in diameter and the width of the screen, very easy to > break. > > An of course my Google-Fu is acting up now, I can't find the site that > had all the instructions. Oh okay, thanks for the info! I may try that. I found a site selling Pismo bulbs for $16! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
