Thanks all. Its looks like this nvidia issue is the problem... I have 3 bits of work on at the moment, luckily two of them are websites and can be done from any computer with SSH. But I'm halfway through a big scanning and touching up exercise which I really wanted to be finished by the end of today. And its all on the laptop and I cant remotely control it. and the G4 only has USB1. ugh, these computer issues are never conveinient are they.
On 14 February 2011 10:04, Ben Rubinstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Toby, > > I had this happen to me last year (30 minutes before a big presentation in > US, hadn't put my keynote on a USB stick....!) - total loss of display, both > internal and external, although it was evident that the machine had booted > and was running OK. I was able to access the data using target disk mode > (thank god they had Macs in their AV dept). Subsequently, the display came > back for a day or so - and then went for good. > > It turned out that there was a known fault with some MBPs, and Apple fixed > it free (although it had been out of warranty/applecare for some time). > > Check this out and see if you correspond: > > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377 > > Ben > > > On 14/02/2011 09:40, Toby Leighton wrote: > >> Good call, I know what you mean. I've also seen on laptops when the >> backlight >> dies, and when you look very closely you can make out the mouse and menus >> very >> faintly... but no, totally black. >> I can try the old computer and screenshare across to this one hopefully. >> not >> ideal as I need to so some work, but might clue me into whats happening. >> >> On 14 February 2011 09:36, Nicholas Holt <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I'd start with checking whether the brightness button has accidentally >> been turned right down which would give a black screen. >> Other than that not sure. >> Nick >> On 14 Feb 2011, at 09:30, Toby Leighton wrote: >> >> > Hello all, >> > >> > My Macbook pro screen won't come on. I shut it down yesterday >> evening, >> and this morning the computer turns on but the screen is dead. (I can >> tell >> it boots to desktop because I can hear noises when I press keys and I >> can >> press the power key then enter to shut it down cleanly) >> > I've triedattaching a second display (DVI), nothing. and I've tried >> >> resetting the PRAM. nothing. >> > >> > It was fine yesterday, and has been just fine all the time before... >> no strange behaviour or warning signs. Its about 4 years old... out >> of >> applecare. what can I try? >> > >> > Toby >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
