>On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 07:15 AM, Dean wrote: > >> Long story short, I hooked my pismo up to a faulty firewire port on my >> G4. It fried my pismo's firewire. I can still smell it. >> Is the firewire on a separate board? part of the logic board? Might >> there be a cheap and easy fix? Will it heal itself if I burn incense >> at my iAlter? >> Dean Johnson > >apple charges a flat rate for PowerBook repairs; it doesn't matter if >it's a battery, a logic board, or an LCD, it all costs the same. > >the firewire ports are on the logic board. there's not really a >cheap/easy here. if you want firewire still, the logic board needs >replacement. >
Or you can make do with a card bus firewire card. They are pretty cheap these days. Still, given the above info, it may be worth to repair it. Luis -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
