on 4/15/04 7:26 AM, Jim Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote: > Anybody know how prevalent the motherboard problems are in the recent > ibooks? I'm looking at picking up a used ibook for my daughter. Should > I either get an older one not in the recall program, a newish one with > warranty left, or are the problems not worth worrying about?
I would never touch any iBook again unless I had a warranty with it. The problem is in the hinge design, not the MoBo, contrary to what Apple wants you think or what many have written about. The hinge is very badly designed, as is the wire bundle that is snaked through it to run data and power to the screen. The hinge scissors the bundle repeatedly until it literally starts to cut the wires. During this time you get the flickering screen problem that Apple tech only ever advised the useless "reset the PMU" fix. Once the power wire is cut completely through, ffft, a cascade short that fries the MoBo. Apple's current recall program is an insult, given that a slew of icebooks before and after the range of serial numbers recalled by Apple are still affected. It's a scam recall, designed to placate and diffuse. iceBooks: Look great, rotten hinge design...worse than the Wallstreet fiasco. Always have a warranty if you are going to own one, 1st year, extended, whatever. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
