[iBook] system freeze following sound

[Joy Freeman]

Thanks for the feedback!

He also had his logic board replaced, back when it was covered, and though I
was originally assuming hard drive, I'm guessing you might just be right. He
has decided to stop using the iBook until he can get home next week (thank
goodness for public libraries) and can do a full backup. Then we can run
some disk diagnostics. If it's not *obviously* the hard drive, we'll revisit
the problem then, but I'm with you: if we're going to drop more than two or
three hundred dollars on a fix, it's probably more logical to consign the
machine to providing spare parts (although if I could get the lagic board
cheaply enough, I do rather like messing around inside these iBooks).

The good news is we have another same-generation iBook for him to use, and
it hasn't ever suffered from the logic board problem. The bad news is that
the second iBook is my backup machine, especially for non-Universal apps
like Photoshop, but also, ever since I migrated everything to my new
MacBook Pro, I've been unable to print to the Adobe PDF printer, so I've
been distilling my pdf files on the iBook. So now I absolutely must get that
problem fixed (it's integral to my business) so I can hand over the iBook.
Sigh. The MBP is sweet, of course, but I'll miss the iBook--my favorite
computer ever...
 
Thanks again,
Joy

J Patrick Draine (draine at comcast.net)wrote:

> I'm no expert, but ... something similar happened to my 900 MHz iBook
> last week, and it would seem to be that the logic board is going
> (again). I had the logic board replaced twice (HD once) while it was
> covered by AppleCare, but she's nearly 4 years old now, a year past
> the AppleCare coverage. After considering doing a transplant myself,
> I found that one site (www.ifixit.com) listed the logic board as
> $449, but out of stock. Ebay lists one (used of course) for $299.
> I think your husband needs to copy the essential contents of his HD
> to an external HD (or iPod) or another Mac, and then make a
> purchasing decision (check out the refurbs at the Apple Store and
> other places).
> Now, if it's *just* the HD, or fan acting up repair may be a viable
> option. But definitely do a backup ASAP.
> Good luck,
> Patrick Draine
> On May 26, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Joy Freeman wrote:
> 
>> My husband is on the road. His iBook (dual-usb G3, 600MHz) went down
>> yesterday, but he got it back up this morning long enough to send the
>> following email:
>> 
>>> I got a system freeze yesterday afternoon, following a loud sound
>>> from--okay,
>>> if you put your hands on either side of the trackpad, the sound
>>> was coming
>>> from underneath the left. I thought it was a dead hard drive, but
>>> now I'm
>>> thinking maybe a fan failing or clogging and an overheating
>>> experience. Do you
>>> know any way to check logs for fan or drive faiilures? System
>>> Profiler/logs
>>> shows me nothing (or is that "show me nothing"? I think the former).
>> 
>> I guess the immediate question is should he be using it or should
>> he shut
>> down and leave it so until it can be looked at? Is there any chance
>> this is
>> a well known symptom to a minor problem I can fix myself? (Yeah,
>> right!)
>> Where can I look for guidance? I'll start Googling but any specific
>> sources
>> for info would be appreciated.
>> 
>> He really needs his computer, esp. email access, as he's in the
>> middle of a
>> job hunt and the plan was for him to stay in another state for a
>> few weeks
>> while looking. And of course money is tight. Bad timing...
>> 
>> Thanks for any help,
>> Joy
>> 
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