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Dead G4powerbook. Rescue Hard Drive?
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Hi
My G4 is dead RIP. It needs a new logic board and DC board. It will NOT start up. These parts are expensive and I may as well buy a new mac. Sooo the rest of the mac is ok including my HD. Can I transfer my HD from this dead Mac to a new Mac ?? Also can I use the memory to upgrade a new mac. Also the airport card. If anyone knows of a cheap way of getting these parts please let me know. But my real question is about the HD.
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Julian
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You can certainly reuse the Airport card in another Mac, but not in a MBP, as it is not a customer-installable part and comes as standard in any case. The memory from your old powerbook will not be compatible with the MBP -- different specs/speeds -- but you could take it out and reuse in another G4 or sell it to someone who has one and is looking for a cheap way to upgrade.
As for the hard drive, you can take it out of your G4, pop it in a cheap USB enclosure and retrieve the data that way. Once the data has been taken off, you would then have a very useful and handy pocket-size external hard drive to use to back up yuor files, transport data, etc., or you could use it to upgrade/replace a hard drive in another laptop.
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Which G4 do you have? That's a pretty important piece of info that's missing! For example, the 11b card in an old Titanium could be worth $100 (scarcity), but the 11g card in an Aluminum is in plentiful supply.
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Originally Posted by amazing
Which G4 do you have? That's a pretty important piece of info that's missing! For example, the 11b card in an old Titanium could be worth $100 (scarcity), but the 11g card in an Aluminum is in plentiful supply.
Look around I bought an TI550 with airport card 1 GB ram and 80GB HD with a screen with lines for $150. If you are a DIYer then swap MBs
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The Apple Store told me it was a flat $349 to repair my blown mobo and hard drive on my 16 month old 1.67 GHz PB G4. Apparently because it was just out of warranty. I have not done it yet because I am still trying to get the data recovered, and Apple will only wipe the hard drive.
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Is it so completely dead it won't even chime, or can it get far enough that if you hold down the T key you can get to FireWire Target Mode? If so, I'd recover the data using that method and a FireWire cable. If not, cms's suggestion of getting a FireWire enclosure is a really good one. I think that iPod Batteries & Power Adapters at OtherWorldComputing.com has a bunch of enclosures that are supposed to be pretty good.
edit: why the heck is the forum doing that to my URL? The link text was supposed to be just the address, www dot macsales dot net.
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Originally Posted by SierraDragon
The Apple Store told me it was a flat $349 to repair my blown mobo and hard drive on my 16 month old 1.67 GHz PB G4. Apparently because it was just out of warranty. I have not done it yet because I am still trying to get the data recovered, and Apple will only wipe the hard drive.
If it's 16 months old, then it's 6 months out of warranty. $349 is about the cheapest I've ever heard Apple quote towards a blown mobo, so I'd immediately do that and then sell it right away. You'll be able to recoup your mobo $ when you sell. Apple usually quotes something like $50 for data transfer to another HD, is that a possibility in your case?
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I just had my 4 year old Tibook die this week when I spilt a drink in it. I pulled the hard drive out, put it into the cheapest firewire enclosure I could find (£25) and last night plugged it into my friends imac, where I could see all my data and then I booted off the drive and turned his imac into my powerbook.
Aren't Mac's great.
all my data's good and when I get my next powerbook in a couple of weeks when they release the merom update I'll be able to plug the drive in and just recreate all my settings etc.
Definitely get a caddy, it's well worth it. I would also think that you could strip and sell the powerbook for a decent amount in spare parts on ebay etc which would cover at least some of the cost of a new one.
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Hey
Thanks very much for the advice. I think Im going to get an enclosure it seems like the best plan of action. I looked at some prices, I guess around $100 should do it. It was a Titanium G4 so I guess Ill strip it down and sell what I can of the parts on Ebay. The screen is also fine is that worth anything on its own? What about other parts?
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Julian
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$100 sounds expensive for a firewire enclosure kit for a 2.5" hard disk. You shouldn't need to spend more than about $50, I would think. USB kits can be had for less than $20.
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get the firewire enclosure, not usb, as you can boot off firewire only.
The screen, if it's working is the most valuable part of your powerbook.
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Hey
Ok it was the 12" Titanium Powerbook 1.3GHz ? 80GB Superdrive.
If you can tell me aprx how much the parts are worth eg Screen, DVD Superdrive, Mem, Airpoort card, etc. Im really not a DIY man neither so Im gonna have to get someone to break it down for me.
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Julian
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iFixit - iBook & PowerBook Parts
Select your model and it will show you how to strip out all the parts. You will need a set of 'torx' screwdrivers, but that's about all the tools you'll need. HOpe this helps.
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Hi again
I know the 12" titanium Powerbook is quite rare so can someone please tell me how much the parts are worth. Its 1GHZ/256MB/80Gb/Sd Im getting an enclosure for the hard drive. But how much is the screen, Keyboard, airport card, mem board etc worth.
Thakyou mucho
Julian
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Does anyone want to make me an offer for the whole works ??
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