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[sandman42]

Anyone have any evidence that the well-known iBook logic board failures can lead to problems with CD-Rom or Combo Drives?

My computer's in the serial number range that's prone to the logic board failure, and I recently started having trouble with my Combo Drive. I looked on Apple's support/discussion page, and it seems like lots of others are having problems, and some people have experiences that suggest that Apple may be acknowledging some connection between the two.

I called Apple's tech support about my Combo Drive, and they quoted me a 'ballpark' price of $1000 (yes, you read that right) to fix my Combo Drive! Since a replacement drive is only about $150, and a tech can change it in a couple hours at most, I can't understand that price. I was too shocked to ask them to itemize that quote for me; I plan to call back and do just that, but I want to do my homework first. I have to wonder if that quote is based on a logic board replacement, if that's the case I should be able to get it for free.

If anyone has any experience with the extended warranty and optical drive replacement I'd sure like to hear about it.

Thanks!

 

[stoid]

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assume you hit a wrong button, and there is more to this thread.





profound

 

[yoda13]

um, OK. This has to be the record for the shortest thread topic ever

 

[cb911]

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he he. LOL.

he he he... oh yeah, back on topic. well if you're having troubles that could be the logic board, take it in and say that you're logic board is playing up. worth a try i guess.

and that topic was a tough one to get into. i was nearly kept out because it's hard to click on that small 'i'.

 

[sandman42]

Hey, sorry everybody...

I accidentally hit enter after I typed the very first letter! I edited the post, but I couldn't change the thread title. Well, should be good for a larf, I guess. I reposted the thread with the correct title.