[renn]

My girlfriend iBook won't startup. The specifications of the problem are: When powerbutton is pressed, it seems to start up, but makes a full system shutdown noise after about 1 second. This happens when the power adapter is not connected. When the power adapter is connected, I don't even need to press the powerbutton for it to make a spinning fan noise. And it won't startup either. We already tried resetting the ram and power unit, but nothing helps. Does anyone know how to help us out?

Thanks!

[Zaurus]

why iBook has so many problem?

[Detrius]

Is this a white G3 iBook? If so, there is a main logic board repair extension program--where Apple is replacing the logic board for free. You may want to look into this.

[Hi I'm Ben]

Originally posted by Zaurus:
why iBook has so many problem?

THey don't. But people typically post about problems. No one comes on here asking how to make their iBook stop working correctly.

Would you like me to put you into the direction of one of the thousands of PC-Related laptop boards with problems so you can troll someone else?

[Zaurus]

Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
THey don't. But people typically post about problems. No one comes on here asking how to make their iBook stop working correctly.

Would you like me to put you into the direction of one of the thousands of PC-Related laptop boards with problems so you can troll someone else?

well... i used few PC notebooks before
at least they won't break down in less than a year
i love the Mac OSX
but i dislike Mac's hardware
too bad
they won't release OSX for PC

[the_snitch]

Originally posted by Zaurus:
well... i used few PC notebooks before
at least they won't break down in less than a year
i love the Mac OSX
but i dislike Mac's hardware
too bad
they won't release OSX for PC

Cant hear you, im wearing one of these

[ghporter]

Originally posted by Zaurus:
why iBook has so many problem?

It would be very welcome if you would stop going out of your way to flame iBooks. Have you contacted Apple about getting yours fixed yet?

[Zaurus]

Originally posted by ghporter:
It would be very welcome if you would stop going out of your way to flame iBooks. Have you contacted Apple about getting yours fixed yet?

well.. i did
and they told me my hdd is dead

seriously, i thought Apple's stuff are solid as rock
but i can't believe they broke down less than a year

[ghporter]

Originally posted by Zaurus:
well.. i did
and they told me my hdd is dead

seriously, i thought Apple's stuff are solid as rock
but i can't believe they broke down less than a year

How many hundreds of millions of hard drives are manufactured every year? Some small percentage of them will fail within the first year. You have simply wound up, by random chance, with one of those drives. The drive IS covered under the warranty, right?

{personal feelings}It is very bad that this happened to you, but it's happened, and now you need to go on and get past it. Get your iBook fixed, learn to back up your data, and get over it.{/personal feelings}

[Zaurus]

sorry guys
i'm just so pissed off by my data
anyways

i can't get them recover anyways
nor Apple can

but i'd buy a PowerBook next time

i'm not being lame or what
but i hate the fact that my PC friends keep making fun of my broken iBook