Replacing/ fixing the Logic Board yourself

Hi there, I have taken my iBook (dual USB, @ 700MHz, 20 GB HDD) to this Apple Store in Buenos Aires, which I'm pretty sure has a fried Logic Board.
They told me up front that the cost wil be around 700 U$S, and that the warranty will be 90 days. I'm not thrilled at all for the warranty, I expect to be a lot longer after spending all that money!
Anyways, a couple of questions:
1- Is 90 days a regular warranty period, or am I being robbed?
2- Aside from replacing the Logic Board with a new one, is there anything I can do to fix a Logic Board?
(Anything I can solder, for instance; or something like that?)
Thank you very much.
PB 15" @ 1.67 Ghz / 1.5GB RAM / 80 GB HDD Mac OS X (10.4.7) Also a (Logic board) dead 12" dual USB @700 MHz 20 GB HDD

Thanks a lot, Rhonda.
No, the iBook does not show the "classic" Logic Board symptoms, it simply does nothing at all when plugged and the power button is pressed, nothing at all. (Tried with two different batteries, w/o batteries, w/o the extra RAM, w/o the AirPort card... Nothing, in any case)
Left it on the Apple Store, they will open it for 20 U$S and let me know on Thursday what it is going on with it, and see if I accept the charges for the repair.
The problem of getting a MacBook is that if repairing the iBook is expensive, getting a MacBook costs some 2000 U$S down here
I guess if everything goes bad with the local Apple Store here (have to pay 700 + U$S for the job, etc. pretty much what I expect) I'll wait and see if I can send it to DT&T, what they offer is simply amazing, not only the price, but also the 6 months warranty.

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Frustrated ...I'm
Thanks!

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I decided not to replace the logic board.
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This is really a continuation of this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2542941&tstart=0
It is now the end of September and I have been unable to use my Power Mac since early August/Late July.
to recap: I replaced my logic board, but then the machine wouldn't turn on. The power button wouldn't stay illuminated and the screen remained blank but I could hear the whirring of fans and maybe drives.
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