This is NOT my...week? moth? year?
Jan. 13th, 2004 05:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jbsegalWell, my knee's getting better...that's good...although I'll still probably not dance tonight, as that's just begging for more trouble.
However...remember that 'new' Pismo (Powerbook FW) that I have? Seems like the inverter board's toasted itself...the power-on LED doesn't and the display is dark (dead, as near as I can tell).
I've reseated all the cables I can. I've reset the powermanager and the PRAM and I've tried to force a screen reset ('R' during boot, according to http://www.jacsoft.co.nz/Tech_Notes/Mac_Keys.htm )
Hell, I've tried hooking up 2 different external monitors and still no joy, which might speak to different problems, but I never tried using the external monitor port before and don't know if the monitors would work with this machine in any circumstance.
How do I know the machine's not dead? It chimes on power-on. I can hear the boot cycle by listening to the harddrive. The DVD/CD ejects. After boot, F12 ejects it. During boot, numlock works normally - after boot, the Function Key switcher I installed does the right thing and FN-NumLock does the right thing while just hitting F5 bongs at me. The volume is adjustable.
I DON'T NEED THIS SHIT! REALLY!
However...remember that 'new' Pismo (Powerbook FW) that I have? Seems like the inverter board's toasted itself...the power-on LED doesn't and the display is dark (dead, as near as I can tell).
I've reseated all the cables I can. I've reset the powermanager and the PRAM and I've tried to force a screen reset ('R' during boot, according to http://www.jacsoft.co.nz/Tech_Notes/Mac_Keys.htm )
Hell, I've tried hooking up 2 different external monitors and still no joy, which might speak to different problems, but I never tried using the external monitor port before and don't know if the monitors would work with this machine in any circumstance.
How do I know the machine's not dead? It chimes on power-on. I can hear the boot cycle by listening to the harddrive. The DVD/CD ejects. After boot, F12 ejects it. During boot, numlock works normally - after boot, the Function Key switcher I installed does the right thing and FN-NumLock does the right thing while just hitting F5 bongs at me. The volume is adjustable.
I DON'T NEED THIS SHIT! REALLY!
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Date: 2004-01-13 03:07 pm (UTC)I wish so much that I could kiss it all away ...
I love you so much ...
K.
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Date: 2004-01-13 03:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-13 10:10 pm (UTC)glad it wasn't a bee or something. I hear they sting.
seriously though, I'm sorry things have been shitty for you lately. if you ever need to vent you know where to find me.
*hugs*
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Date: 2004-01-14 07:56 am (UTC)debugging help
Date: 2004-01-14 08:22 pm (UTC)- consult http://www.powerbooktech.com/index.htm
to see if everything is seated correctly. (check the knowledgebase)
- Hold a flashlight behind the booted machine to see if it's the backlight that is toast.
- try a full reset (remove all batteries and power, wait 3-4 minutes, press the reset button on the rear, wait 5 seconds, then press the power button. Then plug in and boot)