I won an auction for a disassembled iBook G4 on eBay and am waiting for it to arrive now. The thing is, this guy said it was an 1.33 GHz G4 with 256 megs of RAM, a 60 GB hard drive, a combo drive, AirPort Extreme and a power supply for parts *or assembly*. I have searched iFixit but they only had separate install guides for separate items to be installed on "full" iBooks. Last thing I needed.
I just want a guide so I can assemble an iBook G4 that's been disassembled into several parts. (It appears that the top and bottom cover are both off, but the LCD is installed).
Thanks in advance! I'll keep it posted when it arrives and when I'll assemble this notebook.
EDIT: I got it. And there's no hard drive.<not> I will post pictures later.</not>
EDIT 2: Well. I assembled it and it doesn't want to boot the install CD (where I meant DVD), which is not very surprising considering there's no hard drive - I intended to just install Tiger on a USB stick. I guess I'll wait for the drive then. It's just sad that I have to redo this whole thing again.
EDIT 3: It boots the CD1 from a CD set!
EDIT 4: Installed the hard drive, accidentally broke the speaker socket, installed Leopard. Why leopard? Because I found out it has 512 megs instead of the 256 megs because of additional built-in RAM. W00t.
EDIT 5: When it's slightly hit on the bottom left corner (when an external speaker fell on the iBook) it makes a loose sound, shuts down and I have to take out the battery, hold the power button, insert the battery, power it on and set the time again. Presumably because of a loose hard drive since I didn't have any other T8 torx screws available to put into the hard drive because I only had 3 for the bottom case.
EDIT 6: Leopard = slow as hell. Tiger = not as slow as hell. But better than Leopard.
~flashlite
I just want a guide so I can assemble an iBook G4 that's been disassembled into several parts. (It appears that the top and bottom cover are both off, but the LCD is installed).
Thanks in advance! I'll keep it posted when it arrives and when I'll assemble this notebook.
EDIT: I got it. And there's no hard drive.<not> I will post pictures later.</not>
EDIT 2: Well. I assembled it and it doesn't want to boot the install CD (where I meant DVD), which is not very surprising considering there's no hard drive - I intended to just install Tiger on a USB stick. I guess I'll wait for the drive then. It's just sad that I have to redo this whole thing again.
EDIT 3: It boots the CD1 from a CD set!
EDIT 4: Installed the hard drive, accidentally broke the speaker socket, installed Leopard. Why leopard? Because I found out it has 512 megs instead of the 256 megs because of additional built-in RAM. W00t.
EDIT 5: When it's slightly hit on the bottom left corner (when an external speaker fell on the iBook) it makes a loose sound, shuts down and I have to take out the battery, hold the power button, insert the battery, power it on and set the time again. Presumably because of a loose hard drive since I didn't have any other T8 torx screws available to put into the hard drive because I only had 3 for the bottom case.
EDIT 6: Leopard = slow as hell. Tiger = not as slow as hell. But better than Leopard.
~flashlite
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