[geeks] Apple iBook issues...

[Joost van de Griek]

On Mar 9, 2008, at 17:46, Jonathan Katz wrote:

> The wife has an iBook G4 that has faithfully served her for quite  
> some time. Applecare has replaced the logic board and the DC-input/ 
> DC-DC converter board.
>
> Now the screen occasionally has just rotated through different  
> colors, blue, green, red, grey, etc. She was able to power-off the  
> machine and have it boot back up.
>
> Not sure what the dealio is here. Anyone run into this?

The iBooks are notorious for problems with the GPU detaching from the  
logic board.

That might be what is happening here. Unless you are apt with  
soldering BGA parts, or are adventurous enough to experiment with  
putting flaming cans of fuel onto your iBook motherboard, this one is  
on its way out.

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