So heres the story. The last couple of weeks, I noticed that the sleeping light on my iBook G3 800 MHz hasnt been blinking when its in sleep mode. Not a huge deal, I figure maybe its just worn out (a lot of blinking in the last couple years). Then, just last week, my battery life started to drop horribly. I mean, if its in sleep for more than a day, the battery is just dead. 0% charge dead. I figure the battery is at least 2 years old, probably needs to be replaced anyway.
That brings us to today. Im working away on my laptop, and suddenly it beach balls. Im right in the middle of typing a URL into Safari, but I can still move the mouse, although the dock doesnt respond. I try to pull up force quit, no luck. I give it about 30 seconds, the hard drive by this time is making a click click click noise (not the first time Ive heard it, but normally it comes out of it). I wait about 30 seconds, the hard drive stops making noise and now the mouse wont move at all.
So I decide to reset it. I do the 3 fingered thing, and the screen goes black. No video. Now Im worried. I pull the power and the battery, wait a few minutes, put the battery back in and plug power back in. The power goes to orange right away. I hit the power button. Nothing. I hold it. Nothing. I press it 20 times. Nothing. Not a peep. Nothing spinning up nothing at all.
The question is, my hardware hasnt changed since the day I purchased it, and my software has been constant for at least 6 months. Apple is closed, but do you think this is a failed logic board. It says starting up to a black screen is covered, well, this isnt exactly starting up. Any advice or has anyone gone through this themselves?
That brings us to today. Im working away on my laptop, and suddenly it beach balls. Im right in the middle of typing a URL into Safari, but I can still move the mouse, although the dock doesnt respond. I try to pull up force quit, no luck. I give it about 30 seconds, the hard drive by this time is making a click click click noise (not the first time Ive heard it, but normally it comes out of it). I wait about 30 seconds, the hard drive stops making noise and now the mouse wont move at all.
So I decide to reset it. I do the 3 fingered thing, and the screen goes black. No video. Now Im worried. I pull the power and the battery, wait a few minutes, put the battery back in and plug power back in. The power goes to orange right away. I hit the power button. Nothing. I hold it. Nothing. I press it 20 times. Nothing. Not a peep. Nothing spinning up nothing at all.
The question is, my hardware hasnt changed since the day I purchased it, and my software has been constant for at least 6 months. Apple is closed, but do you think this is a failed logic board. It says starting up to a black screen is covered, well, this isnt exactly starting up. Any advice or has anyone gone through this themselves?
