Dave, My ABS is covered under my Pismo's AppleCare because I bought it with my Pismo. I've already had my base station serviced twice under AppleCare. They replaced it entirely the last time, which was maybe a year ago. I was hoping they would replace it with a snow, but I got a graphite back. As I said, it has worked fine ever since and I've never had this intermittent coverage issue before.
My AppleCare still has six months, so I'll wait and see if it happens again. I'd love to have one of the new base stations with the USB port. Wow. I hate having to physically connect my Pismo to the printer to print. Of course I'd love a whole new setup with a new 12" powerbook, airport extreme and a networked laser printer. Hmm. How would I add a cheap laser printer to my network? I guess I'd need a wireless router with an extra ethernet connection like the snow ABS or the netgear one. Jim On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 11:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 07:06 PM, Jim Freeman wrote: > >> I'm glad I'm not alone, but why did it happen all of a sudden after >> 2.5 >> years? I have six months left on my AppleCare (Pismo + graphite base >> station), so I want to make sure I fix anything that needs it. >> >> > > And your AppleCare covers the ABS, too? Or did you mean maybe your > Pismo might be on the fritz? If you have the early ABS model, like I > do, then I'd guess a problem like that to be the capacitors going bad. > Mine died that way shortly after the first year and I did the capacitor > transplant and it's been working like a champ since then. I did the > transplant shortly before Apple announced the special coverage for > affected ABS owners, but mine didn't fall within the serial number > range to qualify. Of course, it would have been to late after I opened > her up, but I was curious as to how they determined mine wasn't > affected- it had all the signs- increasing intermittent failures and > the swollen and ruptured main capacitor. Oh well- it worked out and I > couldn't bear the thought of going back to hard- wired even for a week > or two. > > dave -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
