On Feb 29, 2012, at 6:23 AM, tedg wrote: > I took my Pismo overseas and checked it on the way back. > Now it doesn’t seem to work. > Is there a well known diagnostic path to see what is wrong? > > It has an SSD, so if it is booting, I would not hear anything. Under > some conditions, I can get lights on the PCcard wifi card. Also > sometimes i can get a quack from the louder-quieter function keys. > > I assume first check is dead screen? Can i just attach an external > monitor?
What OS? Very first thing to do is to shine a flashlight at the screen after it's 'booted' if that's what it is doing. If you can see the desktop, then the issue is the backlight, which is a moderately difficult, but doable job on a Pismo, and cheap, the replacement part is about $15-$20. Next, as you suspected, is attach an external monitor, see what you get. If you get blank desktop, but no image in the laptop, that means the system is running, but the screen is dead; a disconnected cable or dead LCD. Attach a USB keyboard and mouse, close the lid to put it to sleep, then wake it with the keyboard; you should have the full desktop on the external monitor. If it fails at these steps, then the issue is a problem with the logic board...even a failed boot should put something up on the screen. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
