Ibook went black

Hi,
I'm trying to find Rhoda.
I'm new at this forum stuff.
I have an ibook who's screen just went black.
After reading all I can find on line, it's sounds
like it maybe the logic board. Because the computer
belongs to my school system and the Tech. guy doesn't
come in until the end of the week, I do not want to get
it worked on by Apple. However, I do want to
get my files off of it. Can I take it to the Apple store
to get it downloaded? Is there a simple something I
can do at home???

Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
What is the MHz rating of your iBook?
Does adjusting the angle of the display make a difference? Sometimes if the display goes black, it is the backlight cable being pinched in the hinge.
Have you tried resetting the PMU? Since the PMU (Power Management Unit) has control over backlighting, resetting it sometimes helps when the display has gone dark.
The symptoms of the typical logic board failure can be found on the FAQ page of the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program FAQ page.
If you have access to another Mac with FireWire, you may be able to access the hard drive of the iBook by using FireWire Target Disk Mode and back up your files to the other Mac's hard drive.
Let us know how things go.

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Hello,
Ok let's see what we can do here.
First thing to try is resetting the PMU. Http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1431 it may make no difference but its good practice to do so.
So times it can resolve faults. You say they installed Mac OS X 10.4. Did they setup a user a count and did you see the desktop? Did they simply hand it back to you when the installed failed with a blank screen?
The truth is, in order for you to restore your iBook your going to need the system restore disk. With a broken CD drive this has limitations as you have no real means to install.
The only option would be to use target disk mode on an external drive, but being an early G3 iBook I'm not sure if target disk mode will work. I am going to assume the shop used this method to install via USB.
What would be a good solution is to fit a replacement CD drive. They are often cheap enough to buy and relatively easy to fit on a white duel USB model. Replacement CD drives can be brought from eBay at very little money.
An online guide can help you fit one with the right screwdrivers.
With a replacement drive, you will be open to better options for installing or even using an apple hardware test disk to diagnose any faults with the screen.
Suprised you was left in such a situation by the shop.

Ibook display went black

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I am experiencing the display to be back when I turn on the ibook.
I had the logicboard replaced under the logicbord recall.
I am not sure what might have caused the display to go black. It was working a few a months ago and then it went black. I know the HD spins up, because I can hear. I tested the computer in target mode and know the HD mounts
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I have a 12" white opaque iBook (running OS 10.2...it was a hand me down, 700 mhz as I recall. Model is A1005) whose screen began to flicker, then went black. It wouldn't restart. After the usual panicking, I tried to restart with Disk Warrior (which was never installed onto that computer)
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Hi, and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Here is the link to an Apple Knowledge Base article on troubleshooting portables that won't turn on or start up:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA25686?viewlocale=en_US
And one for all Macs in general:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367?viewlocale=en_US
And another on troubleshooting when the computer displays no video:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573?viewlocale=en_US
It also sounds like it is possible that it may be having logic board problems. Enough Dual USB G3 iBooks suffered from the logic board problem that Apple began the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program in January of 2004. Do the symptoms look familiar? After leaving it sit overnight, does squeezing the case to the left of the trackpad allow you to start up and work for a bit as long as you keep the pressure on it there? If so, you may want to consider trying the shim fix suggested by John Sawyer here in the Apple Discussions iBook G3 (Dual USB) Forum:
[Y]ou can often fix this yourself by removing the iBook's bottom housing, and placing a shim of any sort, about 1mm to 1.5mm thick, onto the raised square on the bottom shield. I use a Scotch mounting square--you can get them in hardware stores and many grocery stores. When you reinstall the bottom case, it will press against this shim, which will press against the graphics chip, and may allow the chip to come into better contact with the logic board.
John Sawyer
CJS Macintosh Repair
Instructions for removing the lower case:
iFixit.com
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