It is a 14 inch iBook 700MHz with 16MB VRAM ... purchased it new in May 2002 so it is just coming up to 2 years old.
I'm not sure whether there is any hardware test for the problem. The iBook was working perfectly (except for the odd kernel panic) and then all of a sudden last Tuesday morning the screen got lots of static on it ... this static turned into grey/white/green stripes running from top to bottom (pretty wild to look at) ... then the iBook died within the space of about 30 minutes. Apart from the kernel panics I noticed it had been getting hotter than usual over the last 3 or 4 months under the left palm rest (but not excessively so). See http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/ for details of Apple's extended logic board repair extension program. See also http://www.searchrochester.com/blackcider/index.html for details from affected iBook owners. The video section on this site has some good jpegs showing what happens to your screen if you have this problem. R.K. -----Original Message----- From: Adam Hewitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 9 February 2004 2:40 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: random reboots How old is your iBook?? Mine is still under warranty anyways if it gets that far, is there any hardware test that can be performed to find out if there is any hardware faults? Adam. <SNIP>
