owen wrote: > 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.
That is very characteristic of the video processor solder failure problem. > > 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? You could boot it and transfer the data using Ethernet or boot it and put it into FireWire Disk Mode and then copy the contents off it. There is a company that does the board repair but it probably costs more than the computer is worth. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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/
