Women’s Clinic

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MQ

10 Comments

Marco

oh….oh… i need a teckie my mac screen just went dark and the macstore wont see me til Wed
the hardrive its good I have a G4 powerbook 17″
any suggestions??
need my computer to post the rest of the womens clinic
cheers
MQ

Wheelsucker

take the battery out and use the power cord instead.

zap the pRam (control+option+P+R hold these keys during start up) let it CHIME (the restart sound) three times….CHIME….CHIME…CHIME and then let go of the keys

put in the hardware diagnostic CD that came with your mac.

Wheelsucker

I have to force reboot, (control/openapple/pwr)
then start up in “safe mode” by holding down the shift key
right after I hear the chime from the reboot.
After everything comes back on,
I restart once again ………
and everything is fine.

I only have a problem with this dark screen thing
when I plug in the AC plug
when my PB is closed and asleep
and then try to wake it up.

To not get the dark screen problem this is what I do:
First wake up PB while on battery power til I see the screen.
Then I plug in the AC plug.
When I forget to do this, then I have the dark screen problem.

Wheelsucker

MQ

I hate to deliver the bad news, but this sounds like a bad motherboard…don’t kill yourself until you get it checked by a Pro.

Wheelsucker

6:17: are they a good shop for pc’s too? i had something similar just happen the other day, hoping it’s just a power supply issue.

thanks.

Wheelsucker

hey 6:17 thanks for the tekserve reference, they’re helping me out (gave me name of another good firm to take care of pc).

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