Re: OldWorld almost dead no booting?
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:59:28 -0800, L. S. <ls@qustation.com> wrote:
> The screen is dead. I used my Lombard G3 PowerBook, left it on for days,
> etc, also. It started acting up, then the screen went for good, although
> the machine still seemed to still boot and be running.
>
> You can probably ssh in from another machine and get your files, as I did.
If the machine does seem to boot, then ssh is a good option IF they
set it up to begin with (it being a Debian system, ssh is disabled by
default.
HOWEVER, a couple of postings ago he said the green light was on
SOLID. (This is a PowerBook G3 Series, and that light blinks when the
machine is asleep and maybe briefly when you reset it, but most of the
time the light stays off.)
So that doesn't sound like a dead screen -- to me it sounds like the
power management circuit is doing something odd. I would suspect the
PRAM battery or a bad processor. Or if a power battery is in either
bay, try removing it -- an installed battery can drag down other
things when it dies.
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