Ibook Screen Death with a twist?

My Ibook screen is doing the typical fickering and eventually goes out after 1 minute, but when I had it hooked up to my big Mac via firewire it seems as if the whole system dosen't respond (it will mount when I can see the screen but when the screen goes out so does everything else) . I know that the screen is one thing but why would it affect the computer thru firewire (can't drag out data/ can't unmount disk etc)? What are the parts do I need and do I have to have good soldering skills (mine suck)? P.S. I can drag a couple of things out to my G4 before the screen and system becomes unresponsive.
G4 Digiatl Audio / iBook 700 Mac OS X (10.4.4) G4 DA 1.467GHZ 890MB ram Nvidia Geforce4 TI 2x80 gig HD/iBook 700MHZ 640MB ram

It sounds like you may be having logic board problems. Enough dual USB G3 iBooks suffered from this problem that Apple began the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program in January of 2004. Check out the FAQ page and if the symptoms look familiar, give Apple a call. If your iBook qualifies, it's a free fix.
If you are past the three-year time limit, ask to speak to Customer Relations and ask them to please make an exception to the three-year limit in your case.
You may be able to get the iBook to remain responsive in FireWire Target Disk Mode so you can retrieve your data by this method:
If the iBook is on, shut it down and wait 30 seconds (or longer). Pick it up in your left palm to the left of the trackpad and squeeze the case there between your palm and left thumb as you push the power button and key combination to start up in FireWire Target Disk Mode. Do not let up the pressure on the case. Continue applying this pressure as you save your data to the other Mac. If you let up and the iBook dies or freezes, you will have to start over, allowing it to rest several hours or overnight before beginning again.
Let us know how things go.

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*61 series nVidia-based ThinkPads from late January through July of 2008 are a 50/50 shot, since the old chips were mixed with the new ones. Any machine built in August and later can be deemed "safe".
As for the forums (I don't do feebay) there are people who sell genuine, properly-tested planars. However, these do not come at bargain basement prices, and with a good reason if I may add.
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