At 6:53 AM -0700 11/3/03, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>On Sunday, November 2, 2003, at 03:25 PM, gf sciacca wrote:
>
>> I have exacvtly the same problem, so any replies to your question will
>> help me too. Could it be simply a loose/bad cable/connector?
>>
>> cheers, gianfranco
>>
>>> I recently acquired a used Powerbook 520c. It's in fairly good
>>> condition with one major exception: essentially the screen is very
>>> dim. In normal lighting I can hardly make out anything. If the room
>>> is dark I can see the screen well enough, and the picture seems sharp
>>> and consistent at least.
>>>
>>> The previous owner's theory was that the backlight needs replacing.
>
>
>Yep, that's a classic symptom of a dead backlight.
The most sensible way to fix this is find a complete working lid
from a 540c, and upgrade your machine thereby. The swap takes about 5
minutes at most, and dead 540C machines are cheaper than the backlight part.
Paul
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