Re: iBook Problems

[Jim Eddy]

On Apr 16, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Al Poulin wrote:

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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.

Which iBooks are we talking about here, in terms of MHz and year/month  
of
production?  Thanks,

The books under the recall program are from May 2002 to April 2003. I  
don't know which models it covers. I wish I did.
So I guess the question is how often do the hinges fail on the ibooks?  
Anyone have any kind of data on this? Or the motherboards? Or is it a  
matter of hearing about the ones with problems and not from those who  
don't have them?
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