iFixit

My Problem

Trying to get an old gifted iBook useable for a 10-year-old

My Fix

The repair hasn't fixed the problem. I got the inverter board from iFixit, spent the 2.5 hours taking the iBook apart and putting it back together, only to discover the problem still existed. I did some more research, and disabled the reed switch. That didn't fix it either. Then I bought a replacement display cable (from ebay). Spent another afternoon doing the teardown and rebuild, and THAT didn't work either. Right now my patience is frayed and I may just chuck the computer - don't know what else to try. Logic tells me this is a mechanical problem, and should be fixable, but patience is stretched thin and I don't know if I'm up for another run at it- especially since I don't know what to do.

My Advice

Be prepared to be sorely tested. This is time-consuming and without guaranteed results.

Written on October 21, 2011