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Powerbook on Monitor
Name: Adam Date: December 13, 2002 at 18:04:46 Pacific OS: OS 9 CPU/Ram: 64
Comment:
Someone dropped off a Powerbook 400MHZ/1 MB Cache/64MB/6 GB HD/8 MB VIDEO/DVD Laptop and gave it to me. I can see a little part of the top left hand corner on the screen, but the rest is busted beyond repair. On the back pannel, I see a PC Monitor jack. So being a PC guy, I went and poped in my PC Monitor. Well, I can only get a part of the screen. I have tried changing resolution and everything, but I can not get the entire desktop to show up on my external monitor... Any ideas/
Name: the pickle Date: December 13, 2002 at 20:40:14 Pacific
Reply:
Reset the Power Manager according to the directions in the Kbase @ Apple.
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Response Number 2
Name: Adam Date: December 13, 2002 at 21:38:45 Pacific
Reply:
Can you provide a url?
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Response Number 3
Name: the pickle Date: December 13, 2002 at 23:13:59 Pacific
Reply:
www.apple.com
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Response Number 4
Name: Adam Date: December 14, 2002 at 10:02:48 Pacific
Reply:
URL to DB
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Response Number 5
Name: the pickle Date: December 14, 2002 at 10:12:19 Pacific
Reply:
Get thee some initiative! It's right on the site!
Look, I'm not going to hold your hand for you while you cross the street. You're a smart guy. You know where to look. Now find it!
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Response Number 6
Name: Adam Date: December 14, 2002 at 12:29:26 Pacific
Reply:
After reading what resetting the power manager does (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449&SaveKCWindowURL=http%3A%2F%2Fkbase.info.apple.com%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePage&searchMode=Assisted&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com&showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurvey=false&sessionID=anonymous|159807203) I don't think that is exactly what I need, I think? I want to be able to use a PC Monitor on it, is that what it does? The laptop has been dropped, that is why...
Thanx
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Response Number 7
Name: the pickle Date: December 14, 2002 at 13:28:00 Pacific
Reply:
Do it and thank me later ;)
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Response Number 8
Name: Adam Date: December 15, 2002 at 13:49:52 Pacific
Reply:
I did it but nothing happened... Cant see a thing still except for the corner...
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Response Number 9
Name: the pickle Date: December 15, 2002 at 17:00:27 Pacific
Reply:
It's dead, Jim.
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Response Number 10
Name: Tyler Date: December 16, 2002 at 17:11:42 Pacific
Reply:
You could give the powerbook to me if it is dead.
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Response Number 11
Name: the pickle Date: December 16, 2002 at 22:37:01 Pacific
Reply:
Uh, nice try.
I definitely have dibs.
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Response Number 12
Name: Adam Date: December 17, 2002 at 19:50:11 Pacific
Reply:
Well it ain't dead... cause I can still run programs and hook it on the network with the hard drive and everything, the monitor has just broken to point beyond repair...
All I want to do is use my PC monitor on it...
What should I do?
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Response Number 13
Name: the pickle Date: December 18, 2002 at 07:28:08 Pacific
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