How to fix your broken G4 ibook motherboard

Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago at 10:16 pm. 23 comments

G4 ibook motherboard fault.

Apparently there is a problem with some G4 ibooks. It can appear after a year or so in some machines. After being on for a few minutes, they get a blank black screen, the fan turns on, and the computer freezes. This article describes the problem and how to fix it.

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How to fix a loose hinge on an Aluminium Powerbook

Posted 5 months, 1 week ago at 6:19 pm. 0 comments

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If you’ve got an Aluminium Powerbook, they are a great machine, my personal favourite laptop, but after a few years the hinge can get a little loose. Thankfully this is not like the old Titanium powerbooks where the hinge was broken, it is just a matter of a few screws that need to be tightened! Here’s how to do it.
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How to fix the new itunes 7 if it crashes

Posted 1 year, 10 months ago at 4:41 pm. 0 comments

iTunes 7

The new iTunes looks fantastic & has some great new features.
However any quick survey of forum discussions will show you that there are some bugs that people are discovering. Continue Reading…

ipod exchange

Posted 2 years, 6 months ago at 5:26 am. 1 comment

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This was the home of my ipod exchange program, which I was running because there was no-one repairing ipods in Australia, but I have discovered there is an ipod repairer in Australia, so here is his URL:

http://www.dcoda.com/

 

How to Fix an ipod

Posted 2 years, 6 months ago at 4:25 am. 6 comments

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Last year I bought 5 non-working ipods from ebay and fixed up 4 of them. It was not to hard, but there was a couple of tricks. I’ve finally found some time to write up the hard bits, just in case anyone is interested, so here goes. This is not for you to try at home, lest you break your ipod! Continue Reading…