A little help here.
I have had my 12 PB about a year. I was using my computer at work and I stepped on the Ethernet cable when getting up, causing my computer to fly off the desk and impact the floor, breaking the Ethernet port. The folks at my local Mac store fixed the housing by hammering it straight for free. Needless to say, the logic board may be broken. Unrelated (perhaps) to this the drive has started to fail. SMART reads as FAILING and DiskUtility only reads the drive in RED, and the message has changed from "Disk Failing- Back up Now", to "Disk Failing Copy What You Can." and wont even let me repair permissions. My Apple Care is likely voided.
Question: Better to wait until the computer fails and hope by then (a year) that I can save for another PB.
Or
Take the unit apart, definitely void Apple care, and replace the drive (any body do this on a 12 PB?.
Or
Submit a claim to Apple and hope that they dont attempt to charge me for the logic board damage.
Anybody have suggestions as to replacement drives, kits, or directions.
I need the computer, but I am on a tight budget. What will likely be the most cost effective?
(Ethicly I can't sell a broken computer to somebody, and I doubt that I could get much for a broken 1Gz 40GbHd SuperDrive Ap+Bt Pb G4.)
I have had my 12 PB about a year. I was using my computer at work and I stepped on the Ethernet cable when getting up, causing my computer to fly off the desk and impact the floor, breaking the Ethernet port. The folks at my local Mac store fixed the housing by hammering it straight for free. Needless to say, the logic board may be broken. Unrelated (perhaps) to this the drive has started to fail. SMART reads as FAILING and DiskUtility only reads the drive in RED, and the message has changed from "Disk Failing- Back up Now", to "Disk Failing Copy What You Can." and wont even let me repair permissions. My Apple Care is likely voided.
Question: Better to wait until the computer fails and hope by then (a year) that I can save for another PB.
Or
Take the unit apart, definitely void Apple care, and replace the drive (any body do this on a 12 PB?.
Or
Submit a claim to Apple and hope that they dont attempt to charge me for the logic board damage.
Anybody have suggestions as to replacement drives, kits, or directions.
I need the computer, but I am on a tight budget. What will likely be the most cost effective?
(Ethicly I can't sell a broken computer to somebody, and I doubt that I could get much for a broken 1Gz 40GbHd SuperDrive Ap+Bt Pb G4.)
