Re: iBook broken

I have a G4 iBook that had a loose video chip. Unfortunately, neither my son nor I can remember the exact symptoms, as it was at least 6 years ago that I fixed it. I actually reflowed the solder joints to the chip by hand (magnifiers, soldering skills, fine-tip iron, and no coffee). It's been

Re: iBook broken

I agree with Clark. The fact that the boot screen which should be grey is now light blue suggests that it’s a problem with the video cable or video chip. If you’re lucky, the video cable is just dislodged and can be fixed by reseating. If you’re unlucky, the graphics chip has broken solder

Re: iBook broken

Best guesses are: An internal connector is dislodged. It works initially but after it warms up thermal expansion causes a connection to open up. The solution is to open it up (not for the feint of heart) and disconnect and reconnect all internal connectors. or... A circuit trace on a PC

Re: iBook broken

> On Feb 26, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Angelo Danio wrote: > > My iBook after a shock is no more operating. > It starts properly but after a while, a dozen of minutes freeze and > it's impossible to operate anything, while remaining on up to > discharging of batteries: is not

iBook broken

My iBook after a shock is no more operating. It starts properly but after a while, a dozen of minutes freeze and it's impossible to operate anything, while remaining on up to discharging of batteries: is not warming, so is not a fan problem; the hard disk is ok, because I was able to save my docs,