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Q: No dispaly On my TI PB

I just picked up a used TI PB mainly for parts but wanot to try ann save this one, When I boot it up I think there is a DVD in it for one cause I can hear it spinup.Second after the start up chime the screen goes black I tried to connect it to my monitor over the DVI and I only get a blank white screen It's like it stops booting up.I took the HD out and connected it to my other TI PB and it seems ok I'm going to check the disk for errors..any Ideas what else to check..

2 Power Mac G4 450/500mhz AGP's 2,0gig ram 80ghd- PB TI G4 800mhz 1.0g 40ghd, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Nov 7, 2011 11:17 AM

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  • by old comm guy,

    old comm guy old comm guy Nov 7, 2011 2:48 PM in response to racefanatic
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    Nov 7, 2011 2:48 PM in response to racefanatic

    Try a PRAM reset.  My TiBooks have an annoying habit of occasionally coming up with the brightness turned all the way down.  Sometimes a PRAM reset can clear that, sometimes not.  When boot is complete to the login screen, I will then see brightness set to the one-up-from-off setting, and then I can adjust it up to normal.  I have yet to figure out what triggers the behavior, though it slowed down after replacing the backup battery on the slightly older unit.

  • by racefanatic,

    racefanatic racefanatic Nov 8, 2011 8:59 AM in response to old comm guy
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    Nov 8, 2011 8:59 AM in response to old comm guy

    Thanks I'll try that. oh man sorry for the bad typing guess I should'nt try and post when I real tired LOL...but any way I have exchanged out the top cover off of the old unit to mine and got a bonus a decent battery out of it too,,just saved about $300..now I'm going to put the other one back together and see what happens....