Yeah from what I see it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. I am really anxious to see what I end up getting. He reports that it is a 1.2GHz, 256 MB of RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, 10.5.8, but something tells me I will be getting something different. I don't even think Leopard can run with 256MB of RAM. Hey, I just learned today I am getting the original box, which wasn't even mentioned in the ad. He also reports that the optical drive is shot. I'll see for myself about that. Replacing the optical drive seems pretty rough to replace. It isn't really needed either. I kind of took a shot in the dark buying it, but the $45 was easily worth it just for the excitement it has brought to me.
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Yeah from what I see it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. I am really anxious to see what I end up getting. He reports that it is a 1.2GHz, 256 MB of RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, 10.5.8, but something tells me I will be getting something different. I don't even think Leopard can run with 256MB of RAM. Hey, I just learned today I am getting the original box, which wasn't even mentioned in the ad. He also reports that the optical drive is shot. I'll see for myself about that. Replacing the optical drive seems pretty rough to replace. It isn't really needed either. I kind of took a shot in the dark buying it, but the $45 was easily worth it just for the excitement it has brought to me.
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Granted nobody can personally tell you if you will find the repairs easy or not, we all can agree that iFixit's guides and a good tool set will make your life so much easier.
You will need more RAM for Leopard. Simply press the two tabs at the top of the keyboard and fold it down over the palm rest. Remove the AirPort card and shroud and you have access to the keyboard cable and RAM slot.
Not just the two tabs. There is a locking screw tab in the middle that may be engaged and is easy to break if forced out.
Test, if sleep works on that ibook (also, if it wakes up again, if you close the top). I once got one and did notice a lot later, when I couldn't talk to the seller anymore.
I'll make sure to. What causes this problem? Is it due to the sleep module being unplugged?
A poorly seated keyboard can prevent sleep. All it takes is one tab to become disengaged and the keyboard to rise up by a fraction of a millimetre.
Do you have any other tips? This is actually my first Apple laptop. I have been using their desktops for a while, though.
I didn't know about the keyboard thing weckart mentioned, but there can be other reasons that can come into place.
- defective DC-in-board (battery will load and you don't see, it doesn't work, but it doesn't provide the small charge for sleep anymore. A test, which doesn't always really tell, but it is a hint, is when you empty the battery (the brick) to 1-3% and then plug the laptop into the wall, if the light on the cable now goes off and on (and changes between orange and green, while it is still at 5%) and the "battery is charging" symbol changes constantly at the beginning, it might be defective.
- some sugguest the PRAM battery, which is not a battery in fact, but a small panasonic elko (capacitor in the english speaking world or Elektrischer Kondensator in German, I am not sure if you use the word condensator in english, too).
- the small cable that sits on the optical drive (sleep sensor) or the little tiny board that it comes from. (the sensor is not the reason, if you have the top open and just click "sleep" from the menue, with the top left open afterwards.)