[playtone]

I'm having a very frustrating problem with my White iBook. The other day I was just trucking along on the internet and the computer froze. Now every time I try to boot it, it freezes earlier and earlier in the boot up process.

I have tried PRAM and NVRAM, and even tried resetting the PMU. None of that worked. the next thing I did was pop in my diagnostic disc and boot from it, and everything came back fine on both sets of tests time and time again as I tried each test 10 times looking for an intermittent problems. Finally I decided to just wipe it an start over, but it won't boot from my restore disc, or my OS X disc that I bought for my G4 tower. I have also tried this with and without the batter in the laptop.

So to me it looks like the motherboard has died , which I have never seen happen in a mac and I've been repairing macs and other pc's since the early 90's.

Does anybody have any other suggestions for me to try?

Thanks!

[Dork.]

Some white iBooks have known logic board problems. How old is it? If it's less than three years old, the extended logc board warranty may apply.

Apple - Support - iBook - Expanded Logic Board Repair Extension Program - FAQ

[playtone]

Thanks for that tid bit of info. I checked out the link and gave Apple a quick call, after getting the guy to understand I was just checking on the extended logic board replacement so I didn't get charged $50 for tech support I was told that this laptop does not fall under that replacement program and that a new board would cost $1000 plus labor for the work from any "licensed" Apple repair store, preferably an Apple Store.

I guess I'm out of luck then, and will look at another mac laptop unless you guys have any more suggestions?

[Gankdawg]

If you have a G3, read this:

http://forums.macnn.com/66/ibook-and...b-logic-board/

If you have a G4, read this:

ibook G4 logic board fix