Hopefully you didn't look at the title of this post and think Yahooy! Here's the answer to my ibook problems!
I looked around this portion of the site and noticed all the questions about various issues (which is the reason for the troubleshooting section, of course). I thought it would be cool if there were a thread where anyone could post their success' with ibook or macbook repair. Please feel free to mention those here.
Any common issues that have been overcome posted here might alliviate a lot of duplicate questions and responses throughout this portion of the board by providing a homebase which would answer common questions.
For example: I know there are various ways, with various ibooks, to shim the boards but I've never found a definative thread detailing which boards need shimming or where exactly on the board to shim 'em.
There is also a great thread here entitled "A DIY iBook Dual USB Logic Board Repair"
http://forums.macnn.com/66/ibook-and...b-logic-board/
but that only covers dual usb ibooks (which is fine and GREAT INFO). But what about boards that commonly go dead?