Re: new iBook 700 LCD / ohci1394 driver.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 10:15:29AM +0100, William R Sowerbutts wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> not strictly a Debian question, so please forgive me ...
>
> My new 700MHz iBook arrived. Compared to my 600MHz iBook, there are two
> immediate differences:
>
> - The LCD backlighting doesn't seem as uniform. There is a distinct
> "halo" around the lower left and lower right corners, presumably where the
> cold cathode flourescent lamp is.
>
> - The latch feels "sticky" and it is generally harder to open/close the
> machine. It's as if the two bits of metal are grinding against each other?
>
> I'm more concerned about the LCD issue. If this is a "one-off" on my machine
> I'd be inclined to get it replaced under warranty (it only arrived yesterday,
> so they assure me that this will be no problem). On the other hand if every
> machine has this I'm wasting my time.
>
> Does anyone else see a halo around the lower corners?
>
> My initial scheme for installing debian was to put the new iBook into firewire
> target mode (hold down "T" as the system boots), connect it up to my old
> iBook, and then partition, format, and copy from the old iBook to the new one
> over firewire.
Cool! the same way the old powerbooks could be turned into a SCSI drive.
Gotta give Apple credit.
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