I knew it was not functional, but a bargain for US12.00 is a total YES. (over here the charger alone sells for US75.00).
The seller had informed that it chimes but there is no display though. He too had bought it in such condition, hoping to revive it, but never attempted to revive it.
The fact it chimed alone was good enough for me !
As soon as i got home, booted it up with 'option' there was nothing. 2nd attempt ...WOOOOW, i was jumping. There were no words to express my joy !!
The rom drive did not open, so i poked it with a paper clip and slotted an iBook installer which i had, hoping that it'll work, but id didn't.
So i opted for 10.2, whoola it kicked in..
Getting greedy, i replaced the disc with 10.1, too bad it didnt work, so i went on with the 10.2, checked the disk utility and yeah superb the HDD was detectable..
At this stage i was pretty much sure of completing this installation..... THEN IT HAPPENED ! Now the screen does not lit at all!!
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A short lived joy
However i have managed to narrow down the the model to a 700mhz iBook G3, as the the other two models of the iBook were preinstalled with 10.2++, so no way it could have been able to take the 10.2 disc, also the 30GB HDD, though the 800Mhz has a 30GB too.
only the 700Mhz model would have been able to take a 10.2 disc
So guys, is it the graphic card or the cable of the screen ?? the seller mentioned about the Mac needing to be 're-balled' and a need to solder the cable/ribbon.
if its the graphic card...then i am doomed i guess
The seller had informed that it chimes but there is no display though. He too had bought it in such condition, hoping to revive it, but never attempted to revive it.
The fact it chimed alone was good enough for me !
As soon as i got home, booted it up with 'option' there was nothing. 2nd attempt ...WOOOOW, i was jumping. There were no words to express my joy !!
The rom drive did not open, so i poked it with a paper clip and slotted an iBook installer which i had, hoping that it'll work, but id didn't.
So i opted for 10.2, whoola it kicked in..
Getting greedy, i replaced the disc with 10.1, too bad it didnt work, so i went on with the 10.2, checked the disk utility and yeah superb the HDD was detectable..
At this stage i was pretty much sure of completing this installation..... THEN IT HAPPENED ! Now the screen does not lit at all!!
View attachment 607466
A short lived joy However i have managed to narrow down the the model to a 700mhz iBook G3, as the the other two models of the iBook were preinstalled with 10.2++, so no way it could have been able to take the 10.2 disc, also the 30GB HDD, though the 800Mhz has a 30GB too.
only the 700Mhz model would have been able to take a 10.2 disc
So guys, is it the graphic card or the cable of the screen ?? the seller mentioned about the Mac needing to be 're-balled' and a need to solder the cable/ribbon.
if its the graphic card...then i am doomed i guess
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