Battery and LCD panel are failing, can I operate it "headless" safely?

Question 1

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Marty Swartz 35

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Ndz 12, 2014

answer edited Ndz 12, 2014 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 Marty Swartz

Question 2

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Green cable light, batteries won't charge.

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Tom Quiggle 13

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Dzi 17, 2011

answered Dzi 17, 2011 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 Tom Quiggle

Question 3

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Is distorted display due to cable, LCD panel, video driver, or other?

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Mohan Siribaddana

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Maw 28, 2011

answered Maw 28, 2011 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 Mohan Siribaddana

Question 4

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Screen Flickering

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man123

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Kul 25, 2020

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Question 5

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Is a Blue Screen at Start-up a Hard Drive Problem?

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Sun 13, 2018

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Question 6

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Boots to the Apple then turns itself off

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Colm 59

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N'w 19, 2013

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Question 7

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PowerBook A1106 and MacBook Pro A1211 interchangeability

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Dzi 19, 2019

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Question 8

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Can I upgrade the logic board?

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lbidgood 25

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N'w 10, 2009

answered N'w 10, 2009 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 lbidgood

Question 9

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Why do I get occasional colored lines across half the screen?

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christinekling 35

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Huk 18, 2013

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Question 10

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Airport not being detected

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Huk 18, 2009

answer accepted Huk 18, 2009 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 rj713

Question 11

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no display backlight

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Nhl 19, 2013

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Question 12

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400 and 800 firewire ports dead or low power

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michael ruse 23

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Kul 6, 2017

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Question 13

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I have a CD-Rom stuck in my DVD/CD drive.

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Kul 3, 2014

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Question 14

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Replacing broken screen with a titanium screen.

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Yan 3, 2014

answer accepted Yan 3, 2014 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 oldturkey03

Question 15

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Problem with display backlight

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Sun 10, 2014

answer accepted Sun 10, 2014 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 oldturkey03

Question 16

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If I need a new logic board. Is my laptop worth it?

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Yan 25, 2010

answer accepted Yan 25, 2010 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 lemerise

Question 17

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Battery "Not charging"; Replaced PRAM Battery, no luck

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Yan 9, 2014

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Question 18

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Error code 2GMC/5/16:built-in

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N'w 29, 2013

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Question 19

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Good Start up chime but will not boot

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Maw 14, 2010

answered Maw 14, 2010 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 originalmachead

Question 20

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No chime at startup, powers down spontaneously

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matthewgilson 23

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Kho 24, 2010

answered Kho 24, 2010 crwdns2933505:0crwdne2933505:0 matthewgilson

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