On Friday, October 11, 2002, at 08:36 PM, Dan Dumas wrote: > Meanwhile, the bondi blue is still dead. I can't believe a firmware > upgrade > would completely disable a computer. If I had known there was a risk I > would never have attempted it.
generally speaking, a firmware update won't kill a computer directly. when a computer dies after a firmware update, it almost always means that the logic board was already goofed up, and the firmware update just made the problem show its ugly head. firmware or not, this same logic board would have died anyway... and probably sooner than later. > Can someone tell me the difference between a motherboard, logic board, > analog board? I suspect the motherboard and logic board are the same, > but I > want to make sure. a logic board and a motherboard are roughly the same thing. the difference lies in that a logic board has a processor on it, whereas a motherboard has a processor on a separate 'daughter card'. these days, though, people and manufacturers tend to use one term or another mostly out of habit. Apple has 'logic boards', not motherboards. An analog board is part of a monitor; in the iMac, it's part of the display assembly on top. It's the board that actually takes the video signal from the Graphics chip portion of the logic board and turns it into a signal the video deflector on the CRT can actually display for you. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
