iBook not taking power from the adapter

[ibookin']

My iBook 800MHz Combo no longer draws power from the AC adapter. I tried it with another adapter and it didn't work, so a problem with the adapter is fine. My battery is dead, but if I swap the battery it will boot up fine. I have reset the power manager, and this did not help.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me before I send it to Apple?

This bugs me, because the iBook will go out of warranty in a few months and I'm afraid of it breaking after that. I plan to buy a new machine anyway, but I want to give this one to my sister and have her use it for a good long while.

Sigh...

 

[latergator116]

Something quite similar happened to me about one month ago with my iBook. It wouldn't draw power from 3 different power adapters. I sent it off to apple and it turned out a cable was loose that connected to the dc board. (Must have fallen out during shipment). Call apple before your warranty expires and get this fixed. Good luck.

 

[virividox]

yeah send it in before ur warranty goes.

 

[Macmaniac]

It is your little power board within your iBook, which has either wiggled loose, or has broken. Its a cheap $2 part from Apple, try going to a local Apple service center, they will probably have one, and it won't take you weeks to get it back.

 

[bbarnhart]

Small Dog sells these boards for US$21. I actually paid a lot from from someone else, but Small Dog didn't respond to my e-mail until after I had ordered mine.

 

[janey]

note to you guys: applecare didnt want to fix ibookin's iBook, so he got a new PowerBook. Today.