i've been working on a g3 ibook for a few weeks with no problems. today i tried to start it up but with no success. actually i think it did start up because i hear beeping noises when i press the return key, but the screen is messed up. the brightness comes up slowly only to reveal black vertical lines on a grey/white screen. after a while, there's a large black band of vertical lines in middle of screen. is there anyway i can get this to work without losing my files? i desperately need help on this one!!!! thank you in advance.

Have you tried resetting your PRAM? What kind of iBook do you have? This sounds like a display problem. Unless you have a problem with the hard drive, which I don't think you do, you will be able to transfer your data. ----paxcirc.a-

You might try reseating the display cable. p