Okay, your description is a more technically accurate one than mine. Thanks. Now, how difficult is it to replace/repair/work around. Are the components available at my local ham electronics dealer? Thanks again, ed ------------------------------
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 23:29:00 -0400 Subject: Re: TiBook LCD problem From: Lewin Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > to have problems with it's LCD. The machine has been on nearly 24/7 > since it's purchase. The LCD will be alright immediatly upon cold > boot, but after 45 minutes at the most, it will deteriorate into a > narrow, indistinguishable, whitish, blurry mess. The TiBook otherwise If you mean that the screen contrast is uniformly fading out of visibility, it may be that the temperature compensation circuit (auto contrast) in the LCD has gone south.. I've had this problem several times, though not on PowerBooks. My "fix" was to replace either the sensor or the digital pot with a voltage divider; I lose the amenity of temperature contrast compensation but at least the unit works... -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards http://www.zws.com/ Learn how to build high-performance embedded systems on a budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 ------------------------------ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
