Possibly the STUPIDEST thing I have ever done

[mojohanna]

My idea of unprotected sex is leaving the door unlocked so my 4 year old daughter comes crashing in.

Nice!! I couldn't agree more...... i think the first question my wife asks, regardless of what time it is... "is the door locked?"

hehe

 

[robbieduncan]

Given that you have to remove the battery to get at ram that isn't a problem.The switch over battery backup only lasts a couple of mins so it would be prudent to wait a bit before doing it.

Not on my 15" you don't? The RAM is behind a little square section of the case held on by 4 tiny little philips screws in the middle of the bottom of the case.

 

[Mechcozmo]

By the way, removing the battery of your laptop has nothing to do with "avoiding damage to the laptop" directly. The battery will not send random voltage in your laptop's circuitry while you work inside its case if it was shut down. It is only to make sure you don't accidentaly turn it on (I'm not really sure how you'd end up doing that, but anyway) while the case is open, which could, in that case, damage components.

Good luck!

Well it also allows the various circuits in the laptop to remain completed which you can short circuit because the battery DOES slowly drain over time and would gladly travel through the metal in a PowerBook. And you don't want to take the chance of zapping yourself...

 

[bada_bing]

Outcome........

Good News: The RAM is fine

Bad News: The logic board is fried, £550 to fix and at least 10 days without it!

Good News: I think the 'genius' I spoke to was going to slip it through under Applecare even after I admitted what I did (ie opening the case while asleep voids the warranty)

Bad New: I never realised you had to register your copy of Applecare with your machine after you buy it, therefore my machine is officialy out of warranty.

Worse news: You only have 12 months after buying Applecare to pair it with your machine. I purchased machine and Applecare in December 2003! I know I should have read the T & C in the Applecare box but come on, when you buy the two together surely they can pair them before sending them out. How many other people have missed this little detail???

cheers,

Paul

 

[Applespider]

So please tell me that since you have receipt for the PB and the Applecare purchased together (as opposed to Applecare receipt for 2 days ago), that Apple are being good on the customer service front and helping you out.

 

[bada_bing]

So please tell me that since you have receipt for the PB and the Applecare purchased together (as opposed to Applecare receipt for 2 days ago), that Apple are being good on the customer service front and helping you out.

Have to make a call to Applecare tomorrow and find out, apparently they can't help with that sort of Applecare query in the store, but they had better!!!

I can deal with this one because it was my stupidity that did it but I better still have two years valid Applecare left.


Paul