Powerbook LCD problems

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  1. mads, Dec 18, 2002

    mads macrumors newbie

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    The screen on my lombard is getting really bad. A couple of months ago the LCD stopped showing all black colors, and replaced them with some kind of flimmering dark red. I took it to the local mac dealer, but they couldn't help me. About a week ago some more colors dissapeared, including some shades of red and blue, and were replaced with the same dark red color. Just today, when I turned it on, the whole screen was flimmering, and when the login screen apeared, I couldn't even see my name. When I moved the mouse the whole window followed it, but only vertically.

    Does anyone know what this is?

    Is the color going to eat the whole computer?
     
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  2. AssassinOfGates, Dec 18, 2002

    AssassinOfGates macrumors 6502

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    Hope you have extended Apple Care or a buch of money, as this doesn't sound good. Look into a new iBook
     
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  3. Thirteenva, Dec 18, 2002

    Thirteenva macrumors 6502a

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    I got to agree this doesnt sound good...:(

    It may be time for a new ibook as this will probably be a costly repair...
     
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  4. yamadataro, Dec 18, 2002

    yamadataro macrumors 6502

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    I'm not sure if it's a LCD panel problem or the video card issue. But it sounds like you need a repair.

    BTW when I brought a TiBook in for a repair a while back in Tokyo, there was this guy with a PB G3 and the repair man was basically telling him that the situation is *real* bad. The screen part will cost him 120,000 Japanese Yen (=US$1000). Another financially wise suggestion was to get a cheap used G3 and take it apart as an organ donor. And this idea was clearly bothering the guy!

    While the idea that "it's cheaper to buy a new one than to fix it" is environmentally not correct, like other guys said above, you should consider buying a new notebook unless you are sexually attached to your G3 baby ;)
     
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