Got a homeowners or renters policy? Should be covered. At least part
of it.
Matt Halter
On May 19, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
I'd like to have opinions on what I should do with my daughter's iBook.
Back in September 2004, I purchased a 12", 1GHz iBook for my daughter.
All
was well and she was very happy.
About a month ago, she called me and said that her iBook was suddenly
acting
strangely. I went over and noticed that the display would only show
vertical, narrow colored lines on a black background. I think I posted
to
the list about what the problem could be.
In anycase, I asked her what happened and she said "nothing". I was a
little
suspicious because after having used a PowerBook for more than 3
years, I
know that things cannot get wrong all of a sudden for no reason.
I took the iBook, still under warranty, to the closest Apple store. The
genius looked at it and said there was obviously something wrong with
the
main logic board and said they would have to send it to the Apple's
repair
facility.
3 days later, I've got an email from the Apple repair facility asking
me to
call them because they had discovered a problem. I knew that this
wouldn't
be good so I called my daughter immediately and told her what was
happening
and that before calling Apple, I wanted to have the truth. Sure enough,
something wrong happened. She actually spilled water over the keyboard
and
since she didn't know what to do and didn't want to tell me, you can
imagine
the consequences.
So, I called Apple and they confirmed what I had just found out. There
was
still liquid residues on the motherboard and this had shorted the
display
circuit. It seems that the computer is still working fine because I
was able
to boot it in target disk mode just fine.
Anyway, Apple quoted me at over $750 to replace the motherboard of the
iBook
who was purchased for $1000.
So, what are my options here? I thought I could maybe find a
replacement for
less and replace it myself, since I have disassembled various
PowerBooks and
was able to put them back together and they still worked. However, that
would probably void her warranty. OTOH, my experience is that the
warranty
might not be that helpful and will be running out anyway in a few
months.
So, what are you people suggesting?
Thanks for any opinion!
-Laurent.
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