10.4.5 killed display?

Since I installed the 10.4.5 update my computer boots into a blank - completely black - screen. I hear the startup chime, the spinning of the hard disk, and all the other sounds I'm accustomed to hearing at startup, but there is no video, just a completely dark screen.
I've tried booting into safe mode, and booting from the Tiger install DVD and from my Disk Warrior CD. Each time I get the same results - startup chime, hard disk and DVD drive sounds, and no pictures.
I've tried resetting PRAM, and I've tried resetting the power management unit, but no luck.
I suppose it is possible that my display, completely coincidentally, decided to fail the day after I installed the 10.4.5 update. (After all, my Powerbook G3 Firewire is now five years old.) But I hadn't noticed any problems with the display, and I have seen (while surfing on my wife's old iBook clamshell) several reports of 10.4.5 giving people odd problems.
So I guess I have two questions:
1. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem with 10.4.5 interfering with built-in displays?
2. Does anyone have diagnoses or suggestions for resolving this problem that I might have overlooked?
I appreciate any advice anybody can offer. (And I can't wait till my MBP arrives....)
Thanks.

I took the machine apart and put it back together. Apparently a cable had become loose inside.

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Yeah-- I agree.
I'm still annoyed by the fact that I have to choose between ridiculously wide windows (that make the avatars vanish sometimes anyway?) and nice slim windows that have icons missing for no real reason.
It's not a big enough issue for them to really 'fix' it, I suppose since it falls under the 'pet peeves' instead of actual problems category, I guess.
But yeah, bringing the avatars back as they used to be (instead of continuously making them smaller and further away and less present as time goes by) would make me happy, personally. [:

The Display Kills Me!!!

Hi,
There is something about these LAD displays that they make my eyes red and give me tension and headaches etc. only after an hour or more of looking at it.
I found that the only display im OK with is that one you get in public places the touch screen one, such as information points, ticket machines and so on... Not the greatest resoliution but at least no pain!
Does any one know how they are called and where can I get them? Thanks.

Before you go to the expense of finding a different display, try the following:
1. Apple menu -> System preferences -> General, try testing first Different font smoothing levels at the bottom.
2. Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Displays, try different resolutions as well as different depths of color. Go under color, and try different color calibrations.
3. Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Universal Access. Try black on white.
The new displays by Apple are LED, not LAD, and not LCD.
Some find they are more comfortable with non-glossy LCDs than LEDs, or just non-glossy LEDs. Sony, Samsung, Viewsonic, and NEC are manufacturers who all make different high qualities of LCD monitors. If you are doing photography, the only ones that make them do colormatching for the Mac are NEC & Viewsonic. Get one that at minimum supports 1080p, not just 1080i, and has HDMI input.
I personally don't like any glossy displays as background lighting tends to glare in the display. Unfortunately the non-glossy Macs are harder to come by, because Apple seems to think everyone will accept glossy by default. Non-glossy screens are also known as Matte. If turning off all light in the room is more comfortable, then the problem may just be with having a glossy screen. Since you are using a 10.6.4 Mac, you might want to consider shopping then for a used or refurbished Mac capable of running 10.6.4 that meets your needs that has a matte/non-glossy display*:
http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html

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