On Nov 29, 2009, at 10:50 AM, owen wrote: > > 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?
Ahh yes... the dreaded iBook video problem... If you remove the bottom, grab a small stack of business cards, and place them between the metal shield (on the square indentation in the shield) and the bottom case, then replace the bottom, it should boot and hold up for a while. What you'll be effectively doing is shimming the video chip, which has become slightly dislodged from the board. The C-clamp would also work for a while, but you risk damaging the case and lowering the resale value. For steps on how to remove the bottom of the case, refer to ifixit.com. Brian -- 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/
