--- "Richard R. Waterfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am the proud owner of a 3400. Actually my wife is. It is a really > nice > machine. I've got a PB 145 and we have two PB 540's. I know my way > around > them OK. The 3400 is a new thing for me. > > The flicker's got me though. Eveything else works fine. It has 16+16 > MB > RAM, a two hour Li-ion battery, looks like a depleted PRAM battery as > it > looses the date when I pull the main battery, OS 7.6.1 for the 3400, > all > ports and parts working including floopy and CD. I've never tried the > OS > 8's but I will try my iMac startup CD to see if that runs it and if > it > flickers. > > It doesnt flicker all the time, but when it does it is like a one > second or > less dimming. The flicker is not temperature dependent. I checked > with > MyBattery 3.3.8 and the temp range was 72-111 F but flicker did not > co-relate with temperature. It wasn't time dependent either.
I have had this happen to a 3400 and it turned out to be the CCFL (florescent tube backlight). One test you could try is to put the 3400 in the fridge and cool it way down. I would expect the backlight flicker to become worse if the CCFL is on its way out. It may not necessarily flicker more but it may get much dimmer and pinkish or orangeish in color. Greg __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
