I have a iBook Dual USB 500mhz G3
a couple weeks ago it went to sleep and wouldn't wake back up. I restarted it, and while the computer seemed to start up just fine, the diplay never started up (stayed black). One of my professors looked at it, and restarted it while it was plugged into an external monitor. The screen came back on and everything seemed fine. Today, the same thing happened...no screen. I haven't tried plugging it into an external monitor (i don't own the cables), but even so, i seems silly to have to continue to plug it into an external monitor to make it work.
Any ideas?
I am out of warranty (of course), so Apple hasn't been very helpful (that and I am a poor college student).
a couple weeks ago it went to sleep and wouldn't wake back up. I restarted it, and while the computer seemed to start up just fine, the diplay never started up (stayed black). One of my professors looked at it, and restarted it while it was plugged into an external monitor. The screen came back on and everything seemed fine. Today, the same thing happened...no screen. I haven't tried plugging it into an external monitor (i don't own the cables), but even so, i seems silly to have to continue to plug it into an external monitor to make it work.
Any ideas?
I am out of warranty (of course), so Apple hasn't been very helpful (that and I am a poor college student).