Thanks Clark!
OWen
--- On Mon, 11/30/09, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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"
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