> Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. > It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, > but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new > backlight/LCD or whatever I need to get this working, since the > PowerBook seems to be working fine otherwise. I just don't want to pour, > say, $350 or more into it, since I could find a better older PowerBook > for about that much. Does this sound reasonable or am I dreamin'? I just > hate to see good hardware go to waste, even if it is a bit dated.
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