Bad PowerBook sound board

[Esver Camacho]

I just found that my PowerBook G3 (Lombard)'s sound board fried! No 
sound from speakers, no sound from sound port in the back, no sound 
when resetting PRAM. Anyway, I'm considering two options - the cost 
of fixing (one quote is $200 for the part and $90 for labor) or the 
cost of buying another PowerBook (floor models and used models 
TOTALLY acceptable). I don't know about the new iBooks yet as I've 
had limited exposure to them and I know I don't want the TiBook 
because of its delicate nature.

I just upgraded my current PowerBook with a 40 Gb hard drive, a PC 
slot Airport card (Orinoco Gold) and it has 320 Mb RAM. It's running 
quite well at 400 Mhz (Mac OS X 10.1.5) so the lack of sound is the 
only problem. I really don't want to spend over $1400 for a 
replacement if I don't have to.

Any ideas?
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Esver Camacho

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Re: Bad PowerBook sound board

[john Webb]

on 8/2/02 7:34 PM, Esver Camacho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I just found that my PowerBook G3 (Lombard)'s sound board fried! No
> sound from speakers, no sound from sound port in the back, no sound
> when resetting PRAM. Anyway, I'm considering two options - the cost
> of fixing (one quote is $200 for the part and $90 for labor) or the
> cost of buying another PowerBook (floor models and used models
> TOTALLY acceptable). I don't know about the new iBooks yet as I've
> had limited exposure to them and I know I don't want the TiBook
> because of its delicate nature.
> 
> I just upgraded my current PowerBook with a 40 Gb hard drive, a PC
> slot Airport card (Orinoco Gold) and it has 320 Mb RAM. It's running
> quite well at 400 Mhz (Mac OS X 10.1.5) so the lack of sound is the
> only problem. I really don't want to spend over $1400 for a
> replacement if I don't have to.
> 
> Any ideas?
Go with the repair it's cheaper. If the Powerbook you have now works fine
stay with it! I still have my 3400 and it a real workhorse!


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