Hi,
I bought a used 12" 1.5 Powerbook for parts, so I didn't pay much for it. I was surprised to find that it does boot, but the screen shows thin vertical pale lines across its whole width, like the lines on a pinstripe suit. It does not get to the operating system, at least not that I can see. I have tried resetting the pram, which had no effect, and I don't have the connectors to join it to an external monitor.
Should add: it does not have a hard drive in it. If I boot from the Leopard disk, it shows the Apple logo but does not go the next step to show the actual operating system.
Is this more likely to be the video chip failing or the display data cable? I've looked at the instructions on ifixit for the cable, and I'm not keen on trying that.
As I bought this for parts, I'm not heartbroken, but if there's an easy fix to get it back working, I'd hate to just cannibalize it.
Thanks
I bought a used 12" 1.5 Powerbook for parts, so I didn't pay much for it. I was surprised to find that it does boot, but the screen shows thin vertical pale lines across its whole width, like the lines on a pinstripe suit. It does not get to the operating system, at least not that I can see. I have tried resetting the pram, which had no effect, and I don't have the connectors to join it to an external monitor.
Should add: it does not have a hard drive in it. If I boot from the Leopard disk, it shows the Apple logo but does not go the next step to show the actual operating system.
Is this more likely to be the video chip failing or the display data cable? I've looked at the instructions on ifixit for the cable, and I'm not keen on trying that.
As I bought this for parts, I'm not heartbroken, but if there's an easy fix to get it back working, I'd hate to just cannibalize it.
Thanks
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