Black screen but this is different please help!
Hello!
Yesterday when I booted my iBook the screen was black (not just no backlight - totally black). Then I connected it to an external monitor and BOTH worked, my iBook screen was back and the monitor was OK.
BUT afterwards I wanted to start it again without the external monitor and now the screen is always black again.
I had the inverter and the reed cable (?) both repaired last year. They should not be the problem.
If I understand it right it is not the logic board because the video worked with an external monitor.
(I had the logic board repaired years ago and I am out of warranty now.)
PR-ram, PMU etc. resetting didn't help.
Does anyone have any advice?
Usually when the graphics chip is loose, the video on an external monitor is just as bad as the iBook's own display. It's possible for the iBook to work intermittently, however, so that may have happened with yours.
In the United States, asking for Customer Relations helps. Whereas Customer Service doesn't have the authority to make exceptions to the rules, Customer Relations does.
If it's an absolute "no," there is John Sawyer's do-it-yourself shim fix:
http://discussions.apple.com/messageview.jspa?messageID=1033473&stqc=true
Instructions for removing the lower case:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/50.5.0.html
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