Apple iBook Logic Board Repair
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Affected models: Laptops with serial numbers in the following range: UV117XXXXXX to UV342XXXXXX. iBooks with the serial numbers listed above may be referred to as:
* iBook (16 VRAM)
* iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM)
* iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM)
* iBook (32 VRAM)
* iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM)
* iBook (800MHz 32 VRAM)
* iBook (900MHz 32 VRAM)
* iBook (14.1 LCD 900MHz 32 VRAM)
* iBook (Dual USB)
* iBook (Late 2001)
* iBook (14.1 LCD)
These laptops have GPUs on the motherboard / logic board which may fail and cause the following symptoms:
* Scrambled or distorted video
* Appearance of unexpected lines on the screen
* Intermittent video image
* Video freeze
* Computer starts up to blank screen
Apple was covering these issues for quite a while but the warranty period is over.
Home remedy:
A home remedy has been implemented for the G3 laptops with some success. Read about it here.
Labels: Apple, laptop repair
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 6:43 PM,
