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Released in October 2003, the iBook G4 replaced the iBook G3 as Apple's portable consumer computer. The iBook G4 was sold in 12" and 14" models and updated for the last time in 2005.

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water spill starts but stops

water spilled on laptop, it starts up but stops showing a file and ? flashing. Can it be fixed?

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upon how long you let it dry, where the water was spilled. The ? means it' can't "find" a boot drive, which could be a fried logic board, connector, cable or HD.

Start with disassembly and looking for burnt or corroded parts on the logic board, if none found move on from there.

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