Re: Firewire issues (TiBook)

2002-07-04 Thread Jeremy Derr
I'll preface my post here by stating that IANAL, and that if you want definitive answers and don't trust the answers you've been getting from AppleCare techs, you should call and speak to Apple's Customer Relations. On Thursday, July 4, 2002, at 01:04 AM, Michael Bryan Bell wrote: What I've

Re: Firewire issues (TiBook)

2002-07-04 Thread Michael Bryan Bell
I'll preface my post here by stating that IANAL, and that if you want definitive answers and don't trust the answers you've been getting from AppleCare techs, you should call and speak to Apple's Customer Relations. Then I should preface mine by stating that IANAL, I never said that I didn't

Re: Firewire issues (TiBook) and something OT

2002-07-04 Thread alvise
hi there last night, after a restart, my firewire port stopped working .. for me it's a big problem, i've got all my work on a external drive and i always use a lot of firewire devices ... so ... i went on apple discussions, where i saw that a lot of people had the same problem (it happened

Powerbook Repair Pricing

2002-07-04 Thread Michael Bryan Bell
Jeremy- Per your suggestion, I checked with my campus tech buddy and he gave me the following information, links at the end. Their flat fee is $378.95 if they decide your issue while out of warranty is a known defect in materials or workmanship that they recognize. It includes: -$310.00 USD

Re: Firewire issues (TiBook)

2002-07-04 Thread Paul Nicholson
At 1:04 AM -0500 7/4/02, Michael Bryan Bell wrote: The catch is- what is considered a non-abuse failure. Ie, I just had to send in a blue ibook for its hinges, which cost $600. Apple for logic boards quotes much more... Their term for abuse was well, the part shouldn't fail if you use it properly

Re: Firewire issues (TiBook)

2002-07-04 Thread Michael Bryan Bell
Try pbparts.com. They gave me a quote in advance for fixing the hinges on my Wallstreet, very reasonable. I've used them and been very happy, they're good guys. Does Apple use a phy chip on their FireWire port? Is the Firewire interface a standard TI PCI firewire part with internal phy?

Desktop Magnification II

2002-07-04 Thread Tivo
PS I'm also having more than usual Netscape quits when moving through programs, requiring restarts. My hard drive (20g Hitachi, replaced the 6g it came with) hangs up at times and click-clicks until it digest whatever is troubling it. This clicking didn't occur before the HD changeover). Itunes

Re: Firewire issues (TiBook) and something OT

2002-07-04 Thread Ryan Coleman
hi there i'm not so happy about the titanium, i hoped that an apple notebook had more quality inside it ... btw, if u got a firewire port dead try to make a reset as i indicated, maybe u'll be luckier than me:) Alvise, You apparently never owened a RebA Pismo. Sound board issues, HDD issues,

Re: Firewire issues (TiBook)

2002-07-04 Thread Paul Nicholson
At 12:01 PM -0500 7/4/02, Michael Bryan Bell wrote: Heh, I replaced a blown capacitor on an airport once as it was a very well known issue and the fix was fairly straight forward... But my track record with soldering is not the best. Almost lost an eye when I was 16 and had a capacitor reversed