CAN I BE SURE !!

Question

ABOUT TO REPLACE MY G3 LOGIC BOARD !! - given the cost , is there any way to be sure that it is beyond hope ?
With major trepidation
Anji
iBook G3   Mac OS X (10.4)  

Answer 1

What are the symptoms? Are they the symptoms outlined in the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program FAQ?
You may know that enough Dual USB G3 iBooks suffered from this problem that Apple began the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program in January of 2004. Check out the FAQ page and if the symptoms look familiar, give Apple a call. If your iBook qualifies, it's a free fix.
You can find the original purchase date of the iBook, by entering its serial number into the box toward the bottom right of the main support page under "About Your Support Coverage."
If it is past the three-year time limit, try calling [phone] and ask for Customer Relations (NOT Customer Service--they can't help you) and ask them to please make an exception to the three-year limit in your case, although I'm not sure I'd want to ask for an exception if I hadn't bought the iBook new). Even though whether or not you bought it new is not a consideration if it is within the three-year time limit, it seems to me to be asking a lot of Apple to bend that rule for someone who didn't buy it new (and I say this as the owner of three such iBooks).
If the answer from Apple is absolutely, positively, "NO!" DT & T Computer Services in Fremont, California offers the cheapest repair I've found. They have a six-month warranty on the repair.
You may want to consider trying the shim fix suggested by John Sawyer elsewhere here in the Displays Forum:
[Y]ou can often fix this yourself by removing the iBook's bottom housing, and placing a shim of any sort, about 1mm to 1.5mm thick, onto the raised square on the bottom shield. I use a Scotch mounting square--you can get them in hardware stores and many grocery stores. When you reinstall the bottom case, it will press against this shim, which will press against the graphics chip, and may allow the chip to come into better contact with the logic board.
John Sawyer
CJS Macintosh Repair
Instructions for removing the lower case:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/50.5.0.html
Once you get it fixed, try never to pick it up by the left front corner alone. Rumor has it that can contribute to logic board failure when the case flexes, causing the graphics chip to come loose from the logic board. If you're picking it up in your left hand (as I often do mine), pick it up in the center under the trackpad.
Good luck. Let us know how things go.
Good luck!