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Posted by: IPNixon on 2007-11-07 12:18:20
I found an iBook G3 in a computer recycling pickup bin today. It looks like it has an 800MHz G3, 512MB RAM, a CD-RW drive, and 14" screen. I don't know if it works, I need to get a HD for it (at home), and get a USB keyboard plugged into it.
I'll post pics and more updates as they are available. 🙂
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Posted by: coius on 2007-11-07 12:25:33
sounds cool, however, if the board is shot, you might as well scrap the thing and take the parts and put them to other uses. Or just sell. You can't beat free money!!!
Seriously, it's not worth trying to fix it if the logic board is junk. It will just fail again after fixing it.
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Posted by: Patrickool93 on 2007-11-07 12:30:49
If it doesn't work I'd trade you something for the CD-RW drive.
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Posted by: IPNixon on 2007-11-07 17:04:30
So, it looks like it works perfectly. It starts up from a DVD into Panther perfectly. I've got a 30GB HD in my Lombard that I'm not using that much anymore, so all I really need is a keyboard for the 'book, and it looks like it'll be up and running! 🙂
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5575/photobb4.jpg
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Posted by: coius on 2007-11-07 17:44:08
well that's great! enjoy it! Just be careful how you handle it. Don't hold it down by the lower left part (the wristrest) and it will be fine 🙂
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Posted by: IPNixon on 2007-11-08 03:20:55
So it turns out the iBook does indeed have the GPU problem. I hadn't moved the iBook when I used it the first time.
I'll see if my dad still has his heat gun around and toy with that idea4. Nothing to lose; it was free after all 😉
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Posted by: Franklinstein on 2007-11-08 03:55:43
The heatgun repair is pretty easy to do. Just go REALLY slow, make sure to take your time doing it. Meaning, gradually apply and remove heat, and leave the maximum heat (at least 500 degrees F, no more than about 900) on there for at least five minutes (I do ten minutes). Make sure you carefully remove the yellow pad thing first, and don't touch anything until it's completely cool again, or you could ruin stuff.
When you're reassembling, it often helps as an extra bit of insurance to install a 1-2mm tall shim to keep pressure on the video chip. I use a replacement rubber stick-on foot thing (sold in packs at Wal-Mart and other places) and apply it directly to the metal shield after it's back in place before I put the bottom back on. It makes the bottom bulge slightly (I say 1-2mm because the bulge would be worse with anything bigger), but it does the job.
I've done four of these, and only killed one (I was impatient and angry, so I had the gun on max heat and applied it directly to the board). Popcorn'd it good - the motherboard started to separate from itself, bubbling up and doing crazy things. It never worked again. The other ones are still good, since I was patient and thorough. So yeah. SLOW.
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Posted by: Temetka on 2007-11-08 12:14:12
Thinkpads have the GPU problem as well.
Congrats on the iBook.
It'd make a great little server off in a closet if it cant do laptop duty.
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2007-11-09 04:22:04
One of my mates has an iBook G4 with the GPU problem. 🙁
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Posted by: IPNixon on 2007-11-09 15:05:21
Make sure you carefully remove the yellow pad thing first, and don't touch anything until it's completely cool again, or you could ruin stuff. So, I got as far as peeling the yellow stuff off, when my brother came home with a hairdryer from my dad's house instead of a heatgun. *headdesk*.
But, I've got one question. Am I doing this on the side on which I removed the yellow stuff, or the side on which the HD rests normally?
I should probably figure that out first. 😉
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Posted by: Franklinstein on 2007-11-09 20:26:52
Am I doing this on the side on which I removed the yellow stuff, or the side on which the HD rests normally? You're going to be applying heat to the ATI chip directly. If you're not too keen on disassembling the entire computer to remove the logic board, all you have to do is open the display and hang it off of the edge of your work surface and you can heat-gun away (too much heat will hurt the LCD). The hard drive doesn't care so much, so long as the heat gun's temperature isn't over about 800 degrees F. Any more than that, tho, and you're better off taking the logic board out completely to avoid damaging the other components.
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Posted by: Franklinstein on 2007-11-09 20:27:50
Am I doing this on the side on which I removed the yellow stuff, or the side on which the HD rests normally? You're going to be applying heat to the ATI chip directly. If you're not too keen on disassembling the entire computer to remove the logic board, all you have to do is open the display and hang it off of the edge of your work surface and you can heat-gun away (too much heat will hurt the LCD). The hard drive doesn't care so much, so long as the heat gun's temperature isn't over about 800 degrees F. Any more than that, tho, and you're better off taking the logic board out completely to avoid damaging the other components.
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Posted by: IPNixon on 2007-11-10 06:24:13
My dad said the heat gun isn't working, so I'm not even going to bother with it. The video just stopped working last night, anyway. I'm going to part it out and sell the working stuff.
Thanks for all the help!
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Posted by: bluekatt on 2007-11-16 11:22:18
or you could have done this http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/726/diy-obsolete-ibook-logic-board-repair
i dont have a heat gun im not going to buy aheat gun either i am going to pick up a skragged ibook 600 mhz whos elogic board does work
but i am crazy enough to try this fix too
got nothing to lose anyway
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