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Found it. Where the screen cable plugs into the motherboard one of the solders on the connector on the side has come lose. So going to try solder it back.

Well ive taken it apart both the screen and the powerbook and used tape to make sure the wires secure and isolated where it touches the motherboard but still doesnt seem to of helped.

Umm ive opened both the screen and the powerbook. Ive noticed my screen (its on a Ti dvi powerbook) hasnt got any kind of sticky glue lots of people talked about. The wire that connects to the motherboard might have the sticky tape (or this rubber coating) around it abit worn off... you...

Ok with the other problems fixed ive come across another problem with the powerbook i have. The screen seems to work fine alot of the time but over time it starts to go very weird like its not getting a signal properly. Pictures are here...

I put the original drive back in and its been fine since! Very weird. However i know the dvd drive isnt liking the discs i burnt and other discs. Sometimes it works like with Rush hour dvd but not with the rush hour 2 dvd..

My friend has given me his powerbook to fix however im now lost as to what i can do. One thing i havent got right now is the OS x cd but i should be getting it tonight. However i have burn a linux cd for ppc that should boot. The story goes that he had left the powerbook on over night and...