Thursday, April 29, 2010

iBook "Angle of Death"

Yay! I have FINALLY found a forum thread that is relatively good at providing information on dismantling the Apple iBook G3 after over 3 days of searching Google! (Keywords: "ibook backlight") But anyways, as far as knowing what is wrong with my iBook I am short of a genius, but I haven't really been able to find some information on HOW to fix it. (This problem is friggin' irritating BTW!) Okay, so the problem I am having is nicknamed the 'Angle of Death' because when you tilt the iBook back about 90° or more, the backlight turns off! This is because there are roughly five wires going through the tiny space in the hinge, which, after time, will break the wires. But this is the link that helped me out the most: http://forums.techguy.org/apple-macos/338580-g3-ibook-backlight-probs.html and here's an adequate tutorial on replacing the wires: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=155200 Peace!

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