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| PowerBook 2400 External Monitor | |
| Posted by: macuserman on 2021-09-28 07:27:19 I have a PowerBook 2400 that has a bad screen if I shine a light on it I can barely tell what’s happening. I hoping I could use an external monitor while I try to find a screen but when I plug in a monitor to it nothing seems to happen. Is there something that you need to toggle to get the external monitor to kick in? | |
| Posted by: macuserman on 2021-09-28 08:02:00 I did discover that if press the power button when it's in sleep the external display will flash an image for a couple seconds then goes back off. Not sure what the deal is with it. I'm wondering if the inverters are repairable on these? Or am I just screwed? | |
| Posted by: Byrd on 2021-09-28 18:52:51 Shine a torch on the 2400c, access your Monitors Control Panel and see if you can shift the primary display over to external (move the menu bar over). Re: sourcing the screen, being IBM made ThinkPads from a comparable era might run the same model 10.4" panel; hard to say if backlight gone or inverter without cracking open the LCD enclosure. | |
Posted by: macuserman on 2021-10-02 18:18:30Shine a torch on the 2400c, access your Monitors Control Panel and see if you can shift the primary display over to external (move the menu bar over).I'll try that next time it's in one piece I kinda took it apart into a million pieces to see if I could sort out the issue lol. | |
Posted by: macuserman on 2021-10-04 13:28:24  We’ll after closer inspection I did find at least one problem, any idea what that part is that has disintegrated into nothing? Guess I need to take apart another 2400 to compare. Also I posted this in the wrong section by mistake can an admin move me to the PPC section? thanks! | |
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