[SPARCbook] There's no way I can catch it now, my screen's gone *gasp* Plaid! (3xp, NetBsD)

El Davo De Muerte many_boomers at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 21 08:28:48 CST 2004


Hey all. It's been a while since I used to post as KraKXL at mail.owc.net, but since then, My SB has worked on it's own for a while... 
OK nitty gritty, A while back, I went to power her up, The green light flashed , as did the screen, and then nothing. It wouldn't stop doing this for a while, so tadpole suggested that My "Input power" Circutry could be bad. 
So like a dummy. I used the notorious sparcbook surgery page to dissaseble the old girl to see what was afoot. Well I know very basic electronic science, so this was not the paramount of good ideas. Well, Anyway, long story short, now the damn thing powers up, reads from the ole' HD, and all pause- _ combinations seem to work (It's STOP A!! PAUSE IS NOT STOP!!!) but plugging her into an SVGA and depressing the screen lock switch... thing with a toothpic yeilds a black monitor. THe sparcbook when alowed to send output to the standard screen makes a nifty black and white plaid pattern on the screen. Did I cross poles when I plugged the screen back in or something? did I euthenize My SB Friend? Does anyone want to buy a parts XP and or a floppy for the same? Thanks all, I got in over my head quick.
 
Edward



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