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Clamshell digital picture project
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Dec 19, 2007, 07:28 AM
 
Hello friends it is my first post to the board and hope that this is right forum for my problem . I am in a mess with my old clamshell ibook ( firewire, DVD-Rom, 366mhz , macOs 9.2) which I took apart to make a digital picture display. The disassembly was easy as per help from Fixit guide. Now I have put together the unit to get it into the box for display, but when I turn on the computer the unit turns on and I see that desktop with hard drive and the cursor which is accessible but the computer goes to sleep within 15-20 seconds. touching any key brings it back but only to go back to sleep mode again. Playing with the cursor does not keep it awake!
The computer worked perfectly before I disassembled it. It seems that the sleep button is somehow gone into a loop. Or something to do with hinges/cables that I took apart during disassembly. i did try to be careful in keeping the parts together and took pictures to guide me. I would appreciate any thoughts or help that anyone can provide.
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Jan 22, 2008, 11:50 PM
 
It's my hunch that the iBook guts think that the lid is closed, so it goes to sleep. Did you transfer over the switch that tells the OS that the 'lid' is permanently open?
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