PowerBook 2400 External Monitor

[macuserman]

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?

 

[macuserman]

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?

 

[Byrd]

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.

 

[macuserman]

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.

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.

 

[macuserman]

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!