I own a dual USB iBook G3/900 that tends to fry logic boards as efficiently as McDonald’s fries taters.
I bought my iBook back in February 2004. The logic board died in November, and Apple replaced it. That logic board died in February, and Apple replaced it. The third logic board died in May and Apple replaced it AGAIN. If I were a logic board on a shelf at Apple and saw a DHL box coming at me with a mailing label made out to Bonnie Wren, I think I’d have a nervous breakdown.
So. After some serious calculations with iCal, I figure that iBook logic boards currently have a shelf life of three months. This means if the fourth logic board is going to up the ghost, it’ll probably do it some time this month.
Gosh, I hope not. Just in case, I handle my iBook very carefully, back it up frequently, and basically take better care of it than I do my car, which has NEVER fried a logic board and must certainly feel a keen resentment at this unfair treatment.
I read somewhere on the Apple boards that the most recent logic repairs are different somehow, in that they might actually stay fixed. I hope with all my heart that this is true, but last night I saw my screen flicker—and a cold, prickly dread rolled down my spine.
how much did it coast to get a new logic board cause mine has gone bad and how much
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Miles, if your iBook is under warranty, you should be able to get some assistance from Apple. See here.