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So as I do so often, I pull my iBook out and see if it'll magically start. It's a 700MHz Radeon model, one of those with the crappy video board. Well, mine has some other problem. It just won't power on. Once every... maybe year or two it'll come on, but that's a special treat.
It's apparently a common problem, and was caused by one of two things: Bad power board or a bad power button.
Bad power components, bad button, awful Radeon cards that popped from heat. Really, what was Apple thinking? On top of that, the things are a nightmare to repair. I had a 600MHz Rage 128 model and its hard disk went bad twice. Same on my blueberry 300.
Was there a curse or something on the G3 iBooks, or were they seriously just designed to be pieces of junk? I've always wondered personally. Those things have made me wary of Apple 'books ever since even though I know better
It's apparently a common problem, and was caused by one of two things: Bad power board or a bad power button.
Bad power components, bad button, awful Radeon cards that popped from heat. Really, what was Apple thinking? On top of that, the things are a nightmare to repair. I had a 600MHz Rage 128 model and its hard disk went bad twice. Same on my blueberry 300.
Was there a curse or something on the G3 iBooks, or were they seriously just designed to be pieces of junk? I've always wondered personally. Those things have made me wary of Apple 'books ever since even though I know better