Hi Well while I am aware of the problems many have had with the iBook G3, this is now the third I have owned personally and have worked on/repaired many for other people.
I've had two 500mhz models and an 800mhz model. None of while suffered this problem, two of which suffered from a worn video cable - which is fed through the big silver hinge and over time rubs from constant opening. I have seen a number of 600mhz models with the infamous logic board/graphics chip problems. According to MacInTouch the numbers are surprisingly high. The 500Mhz models seem the safest with logic board failures (although this doesn't necessarily mean directly the graphics chip) of only 16%, against 700 & 800mhz models having 50 & 51%. Although the 500Mhz models have 55% repair (comprising of all component repairs not just logic boards) while the 700Mhz have a 74% repair rate. Interesting. Seems my 500Mhz is amongst the safest out of the G3 range. http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/laptops.html Also seems it is a little higher than Bruces estimated 10%. Regards Simon Royal --- Catch me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal or Skype: Simon-Royal. Visit my LowEndMac column: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iBook G3 Dreaded Graphics Problem > Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:42:44 -0700 > > > On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Simon Royal wrote: > > > > > I was talking to a Mac friend of mine - a very knowledgeable and well > > respected individual - and he said, that personally if it hasn't > > failed by now that it isn't going to. That not all of them suffered > > the failure and after such a long time of this one being ok that he > > thought it unlikely it would fail now. > > He's right. Despite the fervent belief of many on these lists, this > was by no means a universal problem with the iBook. Across the entire > production run the problem probably affected fewer than 10%, if that > many. Only Apple likely has any realistic estimate of how many systems > were affected. > > I'm absolutely certain that someone will chime in with some random > anecdotally-driven number like "Well <huff> *I'VE* owned 17 of them > and 15 failed!!" to which I say the usual: "The plural of 'anecdote' > is not 'data'". Well, that and "Remind me to never lend you my laptop!" > > Apple did have a repair program for the affected iBooks, which means > that the numbers were not insignificant, but there's no way it > affected *all* of them, or even the greater proportion of all of them. > If it were Apple would have been likely have been forced by regulation > or lawsuit to recall all of them. > > He's also probably right that if it doesn't display the problem now, > it's probably not affected by it. "Probably' because the manner in > which the machines were handled affected how likely they were going to > have the problem. > > If it was routinely picked up by the front corner and carried around > open, it's a LOT more likely to have suffered the issue than if it was > treated like fine bone china throughout it's life. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > 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/ _________________________________________________________________ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ -- 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/
