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#1 2009-03-03 10:03 am
- Medic9595
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Please help!! iBook shuts down
I have an ibook G4 and when i turn it on the login screen comes on after i login it shuts it's self down. I then have to remove the battery to get it to reset and it will start up again. After i login to firefox or safari and go to a web site it will shut itself down and leave the screen dark blue. I tried to remove the battery and use the wall adapter and i still does the same thing. Sometime the fan will continue to run until i remove the battery to shut it down. Any suggestions 
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#2 2009-05-16 6:59 pm
- Ice Cream Man
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Re: Please help!! iBook shuts down
Buy a MacBook 
Sounds like a hardware failure in the works. Or there is just such extreme corruption on the hard drive that the computer doesn't know what to do. I hope you’re data is backed up, because a mechanical drive failure could cost $500 or so to recover.
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#3 2009-05-16 7:22 pm
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Re: Please help!! iBook shuts down
Is your power button stuck under the plastic ? That is, is the plastic case of the iBook obstructing the power button ?
It does sound like a hardware failure is imminent. How many minutes does the iBook run before shutting down ?
Is your data backed up ?
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#4 2009-05-17 9:36 am
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Re: Please help!! iBook shuts down
my ibook did similar stuff when the VRAM came unsoldered.
"Now commences the process of cutting off the head, which generally takes from an hour to an hour and a half by an expert workman with a sharp blade." -Reuben Delano, Wanderings and Adventures
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#5 2009-05-18 6:33 pm
- Robert B Technician
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Re: Please help!! iBook shuts down
The fan on high is a definite logic symptom. There is a controller chip whose solder comes loose on the underside under the dc-in board cable. We do offer logic repair on these guys http://www.myservice.com/logicboards.html
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