iBook G4 screen broken, can't use external Display

[nightspd]

hi folks:

I have a late model G4 iBook (which is outside of the logic board replacement program) that the screen broke and i've been trying to get the external display adapter w/my monitor to work but I can't seem to get it to switch. i can boot the ibook and get the Mac boot 'tone' and it boots (and I can use the volume control buttons (I can hear them working) once it's fully booted (although I can't see anything to tell if it's booted)...and i can see in my router logs that it attempts to get an IP address from my DHCP server..so i know the iBook works, i just can't seem to get it to switch to the external display with the cable attached to the side of my iBook. I've tried resetting the PRAM and fn-F1 to switch to the external display, but nothing seems to work.

i can't afford to fix the broken display, so I wanted to set this up as a mini-desktop..and of course i'd like to get my iTunes music off of the machine along w/some pictures and stuff.

Any ideas guys, i'm at my wits end and not sure what else to try.

Thanks again.

-c

Ps..even if there's some way I can 'hack' into my OWN box and just use remote desktop to control the iBook from my other mac...that would be ok too...

THANKS GUYS

[adamlee_123]

what size screen do you have?


odd saying this , but i have an extra ibook screen(my g3 ibook's logic board had te video problem and to make sure it wasn't the screen being broken i bought another one and replaced it , and guess what! it was the logic board.)so now i have an extra screen.


you can always use safe target mode?