Hi All, I don't know much about iBooks as I've never owned one, so I'm hoping somebody can recognize this problem and tell me whether it can be fixed easily.
My sister has a G3 iBook, I'm guessing 500mhz 12", that she hasn't been able to use for quite a few years. When I visited her last holiday I played with it a bit and discovered that as long as I squeezed the lower RH corner of the case, or leaned on that area with my elbow, it would boot and run just fine. But as soon as I released the pressure it would go completely dark. No problem rebooting again as long as it was squeezed. She's a PC now, but if I could recover the data on her hard drive for her I would be a minor Hero. I'm sure I could pull the drive and put it in a case or something, or just use a big c-clamp until the data is copied, but is there any hope of saving the 'book itself? Thanks! Owen in Wichita -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
