they offered me that option as well...when i sent my ibook in....i declined...i dont keep any mission critical data on my laptop....doesn't seem worth it, i'd probably end up formatting it within a month anyway. what they WERE going to do, was hold CC # for 50.00, to do the phone trouble shooting...because its out of the 90 days.....but i called em back, and told them "its a hardware problem. the display shuts on and off, and if i shake the screen, it turns back on." she said the name of the procedure, but its actually a practiced thing...they can skip the 50 dollar retainer, and just call it a hardware issue, and send the box...which is what we did.
got it back, and the mouse was finicky... apple replaced the inverter board, and the motherboard... i thought they didnt connect the mouse cable up well when they replaced the logic board, but he did some trouble shooting with me anyway (tho not supposed to i think) and ended up resetting the pmu, and i was set. not really specific to the pismo, but i thought i'd share my experience. they didnt have to move data anyway. On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 12:25 AM, Kochkodin wrote: > Yep, Pulled the top 512 chip..no joy!! :( Apple wanted a CC # to > hold $50 > in case they had to transfer the data to a different HD during the > repair. > Regards, > Mike K > > Hal wrote: > >> Well, Apple will probably tell you that 1GB of ram is an unsupported >> configuration and that your ram might be drawing too much power. Have >> you tried pulling one of your ram modules and restarting? >> >> Just a thought... >> >> On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 08:27 PM, Kochkodin wrote: >> >>> Greetings again, >>> Shut down my Pismo last night...had been on for about 1/2 hr or >>> so...everything normal...Went to start up about 1pm today9sat) and all >>> I got >>> was 4 beeps, a black screen and a blinking green light every 10 >>> seconds or >>> so...No start up chime at all...just sounded like the drive was >>> winding up >>> and then you could barely hear it...Held down the power button till it >>> spun >>> down and was presumably off....no light etc....Tried to restart while >>> zapping pram...no joy....same thing....Called Apple and they had me >>> re-start...when the tech heard the 4 beeps, she said the mobo was >>> gone....Can't figure that out....At any rate I was able to get it >>> started >>> after hanging up ... was on for about 1/2 hr...worked normally...long >>> enough >>> to email some files needed this pm to my imac....After shutting down, >>> it >>> will no longer start...same old 4 beeps, no chime, and the drive >>> winding >>> up....Tried starting w/wout the battery/ac ..same thing...Has anyone >>> experienced this at all?? The tech said that They are sending me a >>> shipping >>> box to return it to them...it is about 18 mos old and under >>> A?C...Running >>> 9.2.1 w/ 1gb ram and the 10 gb hd.... >>> Any ideas anyone?? >>> Regards, >>> Mike K >> > > > -- > 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
