Gaaah! I wanted to sit at the laptop and catch with my Google Reader – and find that my screen is flickering! Damn it. Does this herald the end of my beloved hardware – mere weeks after I finally installed Ubuntu on the iBook? Or has Ubuntu destroyed my monitor!?
The scary thing is that things seem much improved if I switch from 1024×768 to 800×600.
#Gadgets #iBook #Ubuntu
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I don’t know if it was Ubuntu or age but my T42’s screen started cracking a few months ago and it’s battery died last month.
– NoufalIbrahim 2009-12-28 05:36 UTC
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Flickering screen usually means the inverter is slowly dying. If you’re into DIY, check here: http://www.fonerbooks.com/test.htm and if it is the inverter, a replacement is 30$: http://www.ifixit.com/Mac-Parts/iBook-G4#0-Inverters. I may also have an old and dead iBook somewhere that you could gut for parts.
http://www.fonerbooks.com/test.htm
http://www.ifixit.com/Mac-Parts/iBook-G4#0-Inverters
– Harald Wagener 2009-12-28 07:14 UTC