This is despicable. There was a long running thread of well over 300+ posters posting their lower ram slot failure on 15" powerbooks and their experience. Apple seems to have removed the thread from their discussion board.
I think this is a very serious problem like the failing iBooks.
I could not agree more. As a preventative just in case Apple does nothing about it we do recommend purchasing the extended warranty for those that do not have it already even tho expensive, it is less than the MB replacement.
We're hoping Apple steps up and does something about this........'course they gotta preserve that 29% margin
This is despicable. There was a long running thread of well over 300+ posters posting their lower ram slot failure on 15" powerbooks and their experience. Apple seems to have removed the thread from their discussion board.
I think this is a very serious problem like the failing iBooks.
DberG: iBooks had/ are having a lot of problems with logic board failures. They supposedly had fixed the problem with the introduction of the G4's but I had a logic board failure on mine (1ghz). MacDoc coudl probably give you more info.
Someone has. There's a few. I recall the G4 noise threads, then the iBook logic board failures, all those threads were deleted from their discussion boards. It's the first place I look for possible issues on certain mac models. It's also on just about every mac oriented board I've looked at. It seems the problem is wide spread. The other thing one person noted before the thread was deleted (maybe that was it...) was that it seems the powerbook in most cases can perform normally for some time without giving the user any clue, until they happen to look at their about mac, and clue into the fact there seems to be a little less ram than was installed. That, and the loss of the chime on startup, but many will turn down their volumes.
Yes Macaholic, problem is in progress I think. I'm really hoping for a solution, I can't afford portables anymore at this rate.
The bulk of the iBook failures were in the 600-700 mHz range with a few 800/900 G3s.
We have not seen many G4 iBook issues at all and in the case of the 14" 900 G3s we sold close to a hundred last year and had maybe one failure but the 600-700s certainly did have an issue.
I'd not be in the least concerned about any G4 iBook in terms of any sort of systemic issues.
This Powerbook RAM slot issue is worrisome however.
Good to know the G4 iBooks aren't that bad. I have a friend of mine looking to get a 14" Superdrive iBook -- to replace his LC475!! Boy! What a JUMP that'll be!
Good to know the G4 iBooks aren't that bad. I have a friend of mine looking to get a 14" Superdrive iBook -- to replace his LC475!! Boy! What a JUMP that'll be!
Well that's the thing; there's A LOT of new functionality in computers that he wants to (FINALLY) ante up the dough to do! The dude's a tightwad, and WAS behind the curve on technology 'till I opened his eyeballs
This is a pretty serious defect! My mom just got a refurb'd 15" Powerbook (1.5ghz) when she was in California.. unfortunately we don't have another ram chip to stick in to see if the problem exists... I hope Apple acts responsibly in this matter and recalls them.
Did you actually read some of the "Quality Petitions" that are being posted? I noticed that most of them weren't complaints.. more so, petitions to ask for added features in programs or even.. a petition for Adobe to make a program that works with OS X. One where Linux users want Quicktime for Linux... etc.. I actually didn't see very many "Hardware" complaints at all.. nor quality control issues.
I think these petitions are a great way for Apple to implement new features and updates to things.
One thing I do know... if someone has a problem with a Dell.. they take it back to Walmart.. and ask for a new one. Hopefully, they don't get a lemon this time.. and if so.. they just go get another.. and another. I worked for HP tech support.. and this was the most common solution to problems.. it was either that.. or a re-format.
well whatever it takes to get this fixed. At present, I have a PB worth not a lot that I'm still paying for because this is often a reoccurring problem. Apple only warranties a new logic board for 90 days.
I don't know what to do at this point.
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