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  • From: William Woltz <wwoltz AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: affordable Mac repair in CH/D'ham?
  • Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:31:20 -0400

It is indeed a G3, purchased in August of '03. I'm told the recall was for a
series of iBook G3's.

(And yes, you have company. I'm sending this reply from an old *beige* G-3,
which still works quite nicely.)

Will



> From: paok <bluefreaky AT earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:28:23 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
> To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: affordable Mac repair in CH/D'ham?
>
> My old G3 occasionally overheats--was you daughter's iBook that old? Or am
> the only person in the universe still using a g3......
> thanks,
> phaedra
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: William Woltz <wwoltz AT nc.rr.com>
>> Sent: Jun 9, 2006 6:28 PM
>> To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>, John I
>> <not AT hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: affordable Mac repair in CH/D'ham?
>>
>> My daughter's iBook was overheating like that. She recently took it to the
>> Apple Store in Durham and found out that series had been recalled nearly
>> three years earlier!!! (Funny how they never notified us. I mean, that's
>> why
>> you register, right?)
>>
>> Anyway it was a motherboard problem and they agreed to fix it for free. But
>> the recall expires in August, so we checked on it just in time.
>>
>> This may or may not be your problem, but it's worth looking into.
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
>>
>> William Woltz
>> Music Director/Host of "As You Like It!"
>> WCPE 89.7 FM
>> 919.556.5178
>> www.TheClassicalStation.org
>> will AT TheClassicalStation.org
>>
>>> From: Kevin Darbro <kdarbro AT nc.rr.com>
>>> Reply-To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>>> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:39:14 -0400
>>> To: "RTP-area local music and culture
>>> <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>"<ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>, John I
>>> <not AT hotmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: affordable Mac repair in CH/D'ham?
>>>
>>> Hi Richard:
>>>
>>> Try TenPlus in Raleigh:
>>>
>>> http://tenplus.com/index.php
>>>
>>> They've done quick and great work for me in the past. You'll have to call
>>> 'em to see what it will cost to look at your iBook.
>>>
>>> They are kind of hard to find, so get good directions. They know their
>>> stuff.
>>>
>>> - Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/9/06 4:13 PM, "John I" <not AT hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My iBook keeps overheating, causing either my apps or the whole machine
>>>>> to crash. Need someone to look at this but IIRC at the Apple Store it's
>>>>> $85 to get them to lay eyes on it. It's an old iBook, don't want to
>>>>> spend a fortune fixing it, but also can't spend 1K for a new one. Any
>>>>> leads on affordable Mac repair in the area?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks, Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (You can get a windows machine for under 400 bones.)
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>>>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
>>>
>>>
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