[mintcake]

My rev B 12" powerbook died last night.

I took it in to my local service centre this morning. At lunchtime the guy phoned and said it was a dead logic board, and that it couldn't be fixed. He's offering me 200 Canadian (plus the analysis fee) in exchange for my powerbook's cold, dead corpse (I'll keep the HDD).

Before I say yes, does this sound a reasonable price? The battery was virtually new (just replaced in November) and it has 768mb RAM. I'm prepared to take a hit to save the hassle of selling the bits myself on ebay, but I don't want to be fleeced.

More importantly, is it true that a replacement logic board can't be fitted? Surely they can still be sourced?

[ibook_steve]

http://www.ifixit.com/cart/catalog/p...gic_Board.html

And ifixit has the guides to do the repair yourself.

I'm sure you can get more than 200 for it. That sounds like a rip-off to me unless I'm not getting the exchange rates correct.

Steve

[mintcake]

Thanks Steve. Hmm.

edit - I should clarify, that's C$200 *plus* the C$90 fee for assessing the problem, so actually more like C$300 (say US$250) for the powerbook minus the malfunctioning logic board and the 80gb hard drive.

If iFixit are asking 600 US for a replacement board then I guess they'll be charging me at *least* a thousand Canadian to source it and fix it.

Looks like time for an MBP. Had been hoping to hold out for Rev B...