[bigguyz]

My wife has a 500MHz TiBook (Mercury). As she was surfing tonight the screen went blank and there was a burning smell. There were no prior problems or indications of problems. It will not restart. There is no start up chime. So my first question is what might have happened?

Secondly, if I can determine what the problem is, I have an Onyx TiBook; 667Mhz. Are the parts compatible between the two? (The 667 had a bad hinge that tore the video cables. All else should be operable, although it is in parts.)

Please don’t give me guesses out of the blue. At worse I need EDUCATED opinions.

I am capable of removing and replacing parts. I am not a good diagnostician!

Thanks.

[Macpilot]

If you are near an Apple Store I would go there and get the right answers, because they have the part numbers and can tell you exactly what is swappable.

Now, is your 667 the DVI model, or the VGA model?

The 500 and the 667 DVI have different screen resolutions, and therefore different screens, and that might present a problem with swapping parts. If your 667 is the VGA model then you might be in luck.

The burning smell could mean the logic board has fried. That will not be cheap to replace. Probably not worth it in my opinion.

Trust me, taking apart a Titanium display is not for the faint of heart.

[threestain]

quick question...

has anyone had a problem like this:

hdutil had problems calibrating laser for this disc (or something or other) is this a proper problem with the superdrive? just cos I did happen to drop my book last week