> 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.
If you're comfortable doing your own repairs, there's a guide to replacing
the
backlight on a laptop at http://www.jkllamps.com/laptop.cfm
Its a lot easier to buy a whole 3400/3500 screen on Ebay and swap that out.
Mad Dog
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