On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 08:13 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: >On 3/20/03 7:55 PM, "Amber Rhea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the >Cybertrough: > >>Hi, >> >>Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, my iBook is no longer under >>warranty. How difficult/possible would it be for me to fix it myself? (And >>how much time would it take?) I am a Mac tech so I pretty much know my way >>around Macs, although I've never dealt with this particular issue. But if >>it'll be too much of a hassle, I'd rather go ahead and send it to Apple >>and pay, because I need it to be functioning properly by Monday at the >>very latest. > > Amber, > >It could be your backlight. It's not the PRAM battery, because iBooks don't >have PRAM batteries. Have you reset the power manager? What have you >tried? > I think it is indeed the backlight. I dug through the support forums on Apple's site and found a thread where people were experiencing the same problem. Apparently there are some torn/worn wires inside the hinge in these people's cases. The good news is that it was an easy fix from Apple. The bad news is it cost $379 and nobody could find the parts to do it themselves. I called Apple myself and they quoted me the $379 for repair but wouldn't even tell me if that's what the problem is without charging mr $49. :-P Which I was not going to pay. If I can find the part and save myself that wad of cash, I'd love to do it myself. Any ideas on locating the part? (Btw, I did try resetting the power manager - didn't help.) Also - I know this should be on G-Books. I thought I was subscribing to G-Books but I must have hit the wrong one. What can I say, I just had surgery a few days ago and maybe the effects of the aneshesia are still with me. ;-) Thanks again Amber -- Amber L. Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber "As soon as you're born you start dying, So you might as well have a good time." - Cake
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