I have a fairly unique problem with my iBook that no one has been able to help me. Help me Obi-wan, you are my only hope!
ok, here it is:
One day i started my iBook and everything booted up perfectly. The desk top looked fine and everything was running. Then after about 2-3 minutes the iBook would freeze. the mouse didn't move, i couldn't do anything with the keyboard, it just froze completely. I restarted, and everything looked ok, for a bit. Suddenly the iBook would freeze again, but this time, in less than 2-3 minutes. I restarted and this time the iBook wouldn't start the OS at all, instead what i got was the screen changing colors, blue, yellow, green, etc, intermittently.
i took it to the apple store and they said that it was something to do with the logic board. I'm fairly new to mac, so I assume the logic board is the PC equivalent of the motherboard. Now my thought was, if there is a problem with the logic board, why does the iBook start up fine (for 2-3 minutes) when i turn it on after a while (a day or two).
A friend recommended i try and reinstall OS from the CD. so, i restarted, pressed C when the CD was in. the CD started spinning then nothing... the monitor would freeze before anything happened (basically, just a blue screen).
i tried turning it on whilst removing the battery, so running on power only. no difference. i tried starting it with the OS cd in, or nothing in at all. nothing.
as the iBook is out of warranty, it would cost me approximately £650 to fix, which is rather expensive!
now my question is this: has anyone experienced this kind of problem before? why is it that when i start (after leaving it off for a few days), i can get everything to work within the 2-3 minutes before it freezes? i can open Skype, Safari, anything pretty much, but only within that 2-3 minute window before it freezes.
On top of that, once it freezes, the outcome is always different. one time it freezes, the next time i get the changing colors on the screen, other times the screen just goes blue and nothing else...
as the iBook is only three years old, i hate having to throw it away or sell it for parts, cause when it works, it works!
the other thought i had, but this would be quite cheeky, was: what if i buy the apple care for the iBook, then once its up and running, take it to the shop and ask them to fix it? can that be done?
any help or suggestions are much appreciated!
Lorissimo
ok, here it is:
One day i started my iBook and everything booted up perfectly. The desk top looked fine and everything was running. Then after about 2-3 minutes the iBook would freeze. the mouse didn't move, i couldn't do anything with the keyboard, it just froze completely. I restarted, and everything looked ok, for a bit. Suddenly the iBook would freeze again, but this time, in less than 2-3 minutes. I restarted and this time the iBook wouldn't start the OS at all, instead what i got was the screen changing colors, blue, yellow, green, etc, intermittently.
i took it to the apple store and they said that it was something to do with the logic board. I'm fairly new to mac, so I assume the logic board is the PC equivalent of the motherboard. Now my thought was, if there is a problem with the logic board, why does the iBook start up fine (for 2-3 minutes) when i turn it on after a while (a day or two).
A friend recommended i try and reinstall OS from the CD. so, i restarted, pressed C when the CD was in. the CD started spinning then nothing... the monitor would freeze before anything happened (basically, just a blue screen).
i tried turning it on whilst removing the battery, so running on power only. no difference. i tried starting it with the OS cd in, or nothing in at all. nothing.
as the iBook is out of warranty, it would cost me approximately £650 to fix, which is rather expensive!
now my question is this: has anyone experienced this kind of problem before? why is it that when i start (after leaving it off for a few days), i can get everything to work within the 2-3 minutes before it freezes? i can open Skype, Safari, anything pretty much, but only within that 2-3 minute window before it freezes.
On top of that, once it freezes, the outcome is always different. one time it freezes, the next time i get the changing colors on the screen, other times the screen just goes blue and nothing else...
as the iBook is only three years old, i hate having to throw it away or sell it for parts, cause when it works, it works!
the other thought i had, but this would be quite cheeky, was: what if i buy the apple care for the iBook, then once its up and running, take it to the shop and ask them to fix it? can that be done?
any help or suggestions are much appreciated!
Lorissimo