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CrazedVW · May 10, 2003, 10:00 AM

For the 2nd time in six weeks my 800mhz/12"/combo drive iBook sits at a local repair shop awaiting a new logic board. The first time it died, it was less then 3 months old. Now it's died again a short time later and left me laptop-less. What is the deal?
At least it waited until now as opposed to anytime in the last three weeks when I had four final papers to work on but still. This is ridiculous.

-Jeff Rew
800mhz/12"/combo iBook
10gb iPod

Uisce · May 10, 2003, 12:46 PM

Just wondering, when did you buy your laptop?
My 800 combo is/would have been 6 months old now, but it is off for replacement. What exactly went wrong with your iBook?

CrazedVW · May 10, 2003, 03:25 PM

Originally posted by Uisce:
Just wondering, when did you buy your laptop?
My 800 combo is/would have been 6 months old now, but it is off for replacement. What exactly went wrong with your iBook?

I bought it the first weekend of January. As for what exactly went wrong, the screen started getting lines across on start up and if I was able to get into the desktop it would freeze at random.

daSilVetZ · May 10, 2003, 06:19 PM

Hmmm, that's extremly unusual. I've had my 800 since last Nov, and have never had a problem. Either you're unbelievably unlucky, or the problem isn't coming from your logic board, but rather some other component which is causing your logic board to grill- although I wouldn't know what because there basically isn't much besides the logic board itself.

-Q- · May 10, 2003, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by daSilVetZ:
Hmmm, that's extremly unusual. I've had my 800 since last Nov, and have never had a problem. Either you're unbelievably unlucky, or the problem isn't coming from your logic board, but rather some other component which is causing your logic board to grill- although I wouldn't know what because there basically isn't much besides the logic board itself.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's all that unusual. The 800 iBooks seem to have a logic board issue. Although I would have hoped that b/c CrazedVW had it replaced once, it wouldn't break again.

tycheung · May 12, 2003, 11:39 AM

hmm...the 800's have a logic board issue? in what way? Have a lot of people here been having problems with them?

zubro · May 12, 2003, 12:22 PM

It s me again!

Look at this topic : "what is a logic board?"

We talk about it there!...

I (we) got the same problem and same solution : logic board changed...

I am not so cool about myu iBook now if you say that it died 3 weeks after... I bought mine exacly in the same time as yours and it has been changed 2 weeks ago...

One week left??? :o/

Mulattabianca · May 13, 2003, 04:21 PM

i had logic board problem with 700. and was told to be one of 1500 unlucky july-produced ibooks ...

another issue could be simply the screen. the cables behind that can be disturbed and it may look like logic board issue.

CrazedVW · May 14, 2003, 04:57 AM

Originally posted by Mulattabianca:
i had logic board problem with 700. and was told to be one of 1500 unlucky july-produced ibooks ...

another issue could be simply the screen. the cables behind that can be disturbed and it may look like logic board issue.

No, I thought at first that it was the screen too but the entire laptop froze and I don't think cables to the screen would cause that.

crouchingtiger · May 14, 2003, 11:24 AM

I had the exact same problem with my iBook/800 a few months ago and had the logic board replaced -- has worked great since!

skipjack · May 18, 2003, 02:46 AM

Same problem for me, too. ( ... lines across the screen, etc ... ) with the iBook 800.

Hope it's not too obvious to say that a "logic board problem" is vague. The repair facilities probably do not do board level repairs. I had a new PB5300 with a bad external SCSI port and the solution was a logic board replacement.

The solution for my iBook was a logic board and keyboard replacement. Additionally the trackpad to logic board cable was broken. That was originally not considered to be a warranty repair until I disputed that since I have never opened the case or upgraded the machine.

meducus · May 18, 2003, 04:41 PM

WTF !! I have just gone throught the same problem too!

My ibook 700 (which i got in May last year). Lines accross the screen then froze up (and couldn't reset).

But how is this for Bizzare:

First the screen and and the motherboard were replaced - but for some reason the sceen was dead on arrival so another one was sent done. Thankfully this was all done at a local repair shop within about 2 weeks....but wait theres more

So it all worked fine for a few days after getting it back but then it did the same problem...lines across the screen and froze up!!
So I take back to the repair shop and am told the new motherboard was also faulty! So that too got replaced.

So within about 3 weeks my little ibook700 (which has never had an other problems) has gone through 2 screens and 2 motherboards.

Bye the way that was about a month ago and it all seems fine now (although i do occasionally get screen lines and a partial freeze up when opening some classic programs - but fixes with a force quit of that program so not really a problem)

At least it was all repaired for free under waranty, i didnt lose any data, and it was done relatively quickly - imagine how long it could have taken if was sent away each time!

altimac · May 19, 2003, 07:38 AM

hi !

there CLEARLY is a problem with ibooks !!
my screen died 2 days ago !
Everything was perfectly ok since 6 months (the date i bought it) then, yesterday, the ibook crashed like you (total freeze) then after a reboot i noticed grey/black lines in the right of the screen (and crash again).
I noticed that the angle of the screen makes my ibook freeze !
after 10 min testing, the screen died totally, the ibook boots normally (i hear sound, HD and can ssh it...) but the screen is dead

i just called Apple, here in France, it is under warranty and will be repaired (logic board replacement i think)

i fear alot that, after reading what you all say, the problem reappear in 6 months, when warranty is finished !!!

what do you think ? we should all warn apple that this problem happen even after logic board replacement, warranty extension ?
it seems to be linked to the new Radeon 7500 (older ibook doesn"t suffer from this prob)

meducus · May 22, 2003, 09:31 PM

Well luckily I got automatic 3 year warranty cause I am a student so I am not too worried....but otherwise i would defeinelty be worried, and be extending my warrranty, and be bitcchin to apple aswell most likely

fhoubi · May 28, 2003, 10:40 AM

May I join the club. My iBook's (12" 700 combo, bought june 2002) display went dead today.... funny lines first, then completely dark. After 15 minutes I managed to get my display back, but then flickering and again dark...

I think it was a wise decision to buy Applecare 2 weeks ago...

zubro · May 28, 2003, 12:40 PM

I love this Review!
It will never die! ;o) Unlike our iBooks! ;o)

G. (2nd Logic)

meducus · May 29, 2003, 05:48 PM

Originally posted by fhoubi:
May I join the club. My iBook's (12" 700 combo, bought june 2002) display went dead today.... funny lines first, then completely dark. After 15 minutes I managed to get my display back, but then flickering and again dark...

I think it was a wise decision to buy Applecare 2 weeks ago...

phew....that was lucky

judging by your signiture I think Jah was lookin after you....

Lively up yourself and dont be no dread ....... Lively up yourself cause reggae isn't all dead !!

(i don't mean its boring but this icon looks the most stoned :b )

fhoubi · May 29, 2003, 06:31 PM

LOL You must be the first who noticed it..

In fact my first year of warranty runs out on june 3, next week... I bring my iBook back to the store tomorrow.

adam.larsen · May 30, 2003, 01:33 AM

Please see my forum (just added) reguarding logics boards. I am wondering if additional displays effect these systems.