<DIV>I Have seen motherboards on ebay for less than 100.00. and you can go to the powerbook fix it site. <A href="http://www.pbfixit.com">www.pbfixit.com</A> It will explane to you step by step to put it in. I just put a different LCD screen on my Ibook 600. Let me know and I could possibly help.</DIV>
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<DIV>oldbusparts@yahoo.com<BR><BR><B><I>Spamnomaam@aol.com</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Have had my beloved iBook G3 Dual usb 500mhz since they first came out in <BR>summer 2001. My 4th and favorite Mac. But the usb ports stopped working after I <BR>plugged in an external numeric keypad while it was on. Coincidence? I don't <BR>know, but I'm told the only fix is a new logic board for about $500 with labor. <BR>Can buy a newer faster refurb for that much, but a new Mac Mini for even less. <BR>Would love to just get a new iBook but money is tight right now.<BR><BR>Haven't tried the firewire port because I don't have a firewire device. But <BR>if it works, can I hook a Mini up to the iBook via firewire and use the iBook <BR>monitor? Actually the iBook works just fine except I cannot print, connect my <BR>camera, or anything else usb. All I need is a usb port. So I would only need <BR>to hook up the Mini to use it's usb port. Can anyone think of a cheaper <BR>solution to get
a working usb port? Thanks.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>iBook mailing list<BR>iBook@listserver.themacintoshguy.com<BR>http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook<BR><BR>Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff:<BR>http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com