Blank screen (not black or dead) after trying to reformat
So I recently got myself a iBook indigo 366mhz firewire and apart from the battery being dead it was working flawless.
But the thing is it came preloaded with software (OS9) and I wanted a clean install so I went to MacOS9Lives and downloaded their 9.2.2 universal iso
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php...
It booted fine I managed to reformat the HDD and was installing OS9 and everything seemed alright… But then the screen started to flicker and the laptop died…
I restarted it but only got a blank screen… It's not black or white but a pale shade of blue and it won't show the boot selection screen neither show a blinking folder just blank…
CD still sounds like it's booting holding the C key but screen won't change - always that pale shade of blue…
Anyone has any hints on what could be wrong here…?
Mind you it was working just fine prior to trying to reinstall the system though.
Update (03/29/2019)
I'll post a picture so what I described wont be as vague… Don't know how it can be backlight if the screen is lit up like I said but here's the picture:
Also I'm assuming a HDD failure wouldn't prevent it from showing the selection screen at boot and it would probably show the question mark folder and if it had faulty RAM it wouldn't even turn on right…?
I'm really hoping it's just something loose inside - fingers crossed!
Update (04/02/2019)
It was a major pain to open it up even with a guide (sooo many screws and different bits!) but at least it’s clean and thermal pads replaced. And since I was ‘there’ I removed the logo cover so now the Apple in the back sort of glows :)
Sad thing is the display remains the same… at this stage I’m assuming it’s a faulty LCD so I’ll source one from a iBook snow 12” and go for the ‘high-res’ mod as well why not…
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Your iBook has a composite AV port. Get the appropriate cable and connect it to your iBook and an appropriate screen and see if it's booting.
door Steve
So it does! :)
Good luck finding the appropriate cable and monitor though… :(
I'll just open it up when I got time and see if there's something wrong inside. Need to open it to clean up and replace the thermal paste anyway…
door Carlos Ferrari
There's at least one seller on eBay with the cables for $18, and pretty literally *any* television will have a composite input port.
door Steve
@secondlife Not all the time anymore. I'm lucky my "new" 720p* (768p display) Proscan (need to get a VESA stand) and my Vizio HDTV has it. I have a tube TV and it's also there. I even have an old 2004 JVC SDTV. The problem with HDTVs and old consoles like the Xbox is image quality, so that's why I own the JVC.
A lot of the newer TV's aren't including it, especially on the high end.
door Nick