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Screen hinges broken and only white screen

Both screen hinges are broken and some of the wire is displayed.

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Broken hinge

Alas, hinges on the Titanium series were not made out of titanium. This oversight by Apple means that broken hinges are an all-too-common problem on Titanium PowerBooks. Hinge repair is one of the few installations best left to professionals. Apple glued the display assembly tightly together, making opening the display without damaging the thin metal casing very difficult. For those who know exactly what they're getting into, we do offer hinges for sale. Please note that we do not have installation instructions available for these hinges.

A much easier installation is replacing the entire display assembly, which includes the hinges. We do offer complete LCD assemblies as well as installation instructions.PowerBook G4 Titanium DVI Display Replacement

Here's the part: http://www.ifixit.com/PowerBook-Parts/G4...

Some pictures uploaded would certainly help ascertain the extent of your damage. Please look here to see if this is what you need: http://www.weloveMacs.com/clcopforg4ti.h...

Consider hooking up to an external monitor and external keyboard to make this a desktop machine.