Hey guys

Like an idiot, I decided to help my friend's daughter's boyfriend...I say 'like an idiot as I had no idea what I would be getting involved with", I never met him but my friend tell me he is a great kid from a poor family with no money, etc. and did I have any old computers for him to use in school..

Well, I have so much crap around here I figured I could find something..So I promised the kid an old iBook..I have two of them that were my kids..First one DOA...no power, probably bad logic board..

Next one was working..so I brought the computer to their house on Thanksgiving and while there, reformatted it and started to prepare it for the kids boyfriend..Lo and behold the iBook kept freezing up..Took it home and it worked perfectly..

Reinstalled the system software and all seemed fine..But as I was downloaded iTunes, it froze up again..

I gave up and brought it to a local repair shop who tells me he believes it's the logic board or possibly a problem connected to the fan not working properly and when the computer gets hot, it locks up.

I have about 8 hours invested in this goddamned thing, not to mention $50 for diagnosis at the least..

But I gave my word to get the kid a laptop and I have to follow thru.

Does anyone have any experience with problems like this? Would an intermittent fan create this problem? I have a feeling this is just going to be one of those lingering problems if you know what i mean..

Anyone have an old ibook for parts or something very cheap for me to buy the kid..

SOmetimes ya just can't win..

 

what's your budget?

 

Wow

It's actually shocking to find out there are good people in this world.

Especially shocking to find good people from New Jersey .

You sir... are a gentlemen.

I don't have an old iBook, but I wish you luck in finding one.

 

Is the iBook the funky colored one? I have a blue Mac somewhere I think.

 

and exactly how much wine had you consumed before you made this magnanimous offer? I wish I could help...but other than the fan being a possible culprit...another possibility is a hairline crack in a trace on the logic board that gets separated when it is hot...good luck

 

If I get a new one for Christmas, you can have the one I am typing on now, its a 1.5Ghz PPC G4 ti, 10.5.5 and 2G ram, good drive, wireless etc.. I've literally been to hell and back with it (Been all over the middle east enduring 140+ deg, sandstorms, helicopters, cargo planes, under fire etc...its NEVER failed me:-). How soon do you need it?

 

My wife does volunteer work for a local charity. They're raising money by selling Mac laptops that a local company donated to them. I think she has the following still available:

PowerBook G4 15" 1GHz, 768MB RAM, 56GB HD -- $450
PowerBook G4 15" 867MHz, 1 GB RAM, 37GB HD -- $450
PowerBook G4 15" 1GHz, 1 GB RAM, 56GB HD, screen is a little spotty -- $350
PowerBook G4 15" 1GHz, 768MB RAM, 56GB HD, screen is a little spotty -- $350
iBook G4 15" 500MHz, 640MB RAM, 9GB HD -- $300

Shipping not included.

I have personally fired up each of these machines to gather the above specs. I can vouch only for the fact that they startup fine and the screens work (except as noted above). Otherwise, they are sold as-is. They are not in mint condition. They're used and as such the cases show signs of wear; some even have small dents.

I'm by no means pushing these -- just giving you an option.

Checks would be made out to the charity.


As an IS manager, I can tell you that I would not bother trying to diagnose an intermittently failing old iBook (assuming you've narrowed it down to hardware -- software would be an easy fix). Probably more trouble than it's worth. Donate it to a school that takes broken computers, trains kids to fix them, then passes them along to others in need. I can help you find a place like this if you like the idea.

 

Anyone need this? (See quoted) I can wipe and reload S/W, it sits and collects dust with my new MacBook on duty.

 

D33PBLU3

Still have this available? I cannot PM. Please email me steven.senzer@gmail.com.

Thanks!

 

I do, I'll email.

 

No Good deed goes unpunished. I had an old white iBook repaired, cost me about $200, spent hours tweaking it, etc. The computer is nothing but a problem and I have to replace it..I have the most beautiful thank you note with a pic of the kid here to remind me to do this...argh..

 

If anyone is interested, I will be selling a white Macbook 2.16Ghz w/ 4Gig Ram. 250GB Harddrive if the near future.

 

Thank you for saying that!

I will feel bad banning you for your user name and signature!

sorry!

 

I have a 2001 Dual USB iBook with 10 or 15GB drive (cant remember) and 320mb of memory. pretty old machine but it does boot up and run, it has an airport card as well.

i'd let it go ridiculously cheap especially if it was going to someone that actually needs it

 

lol, i shouldve kept reading before flagging the post