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I was offered this... — #12

I had this happen with a Pismo. The ATI Rage chip came loose causing the screen to get garbled. Applying pressure to the bottom would make it better. When I got the logic board …
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Sun, 10 Aug 2008 - 00:52

I was offered this... — #11

Hmm, thats interesting because I have yet to get this issue and I have never heard this issue in the 500MHz models. BTW can someone please help me find dual screening in OS X on m…
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Sun, 10 Aug 2008 - 00:04

I was offered this... — #10

Not the 500MHz, it's the iBook's between 600MHz (16MB of VRAM) and early G4 iBooks. Click to expand... The 500MHz iBooks certainly suffer from this problem, too (and it's not u…
68kMLA Hardware by tomlee59 Sat, 9 Aug 2008 - 22:22

I was offered this... — #9

Not the 500MHz, it's the iBook's between 600MHz (16MB of VRAM) and early G4 iBooks.
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Sat, 9 Aug 2008 - 21:11

I was offered this... — #8

I know a dude with a solder rework station that fixes those. He strips, fluxes and resolders the BGA parts using nice machinery and offers warranty. Although $150 is a bit much to…
68kMLA Hardware by Temetka Sat, 9 Aug 2008 - 19:51

I was offered this... — #7

The same fault is known to affect the white iBooks between 500 and 900MHz and as I understand it some of the early G4 iBooks.
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 7 Aug 2008 - 22:24

I was offered this... — #5

As Maconthemove hinted, these models have a congenital defect. The ball-grid array on the video/graphics chip tends to make poor contact with the motherboard. Instability, failure …
68kMLA Hardware by tomlee59 Thu, 7 Aug 2008 - 21:28

I was offered this... — #4

$20 if it doesn't boot and you like to tinker on long term projects.
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Thu, 7 Aug 2008 - 20:49
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