Oh, Lord, Please No...iBook dying

I'm terrified that this is what I think it is.
My iBook G4, in the past two days, started turning itself off. I didn't think about it, because I've been busy, but tonight it wouldn't turn on...it would power on, but the screen would stay black and the fan would blast. When I finally put pressure just below the left-option key, it turned on and is working for now.
Please, please, please, please tell me this isn't a logic board failing. And if it is, what absolute bullsh** since the logic board has already been replaced on this laptop and it's barely two years old. It was replaced about this time last year...does anyone know if the coverage extends for a year or just ninety days? I know, I know I should have bought AppleCare, but I was in a hurry the night of the purchase and forgot later.
Should I just take the $300 and put it toward a new Macbook? Problem is I don't have the money to fund the rest of that computer purchase. So, what the ****? Or, by some stroke of divine luck is someone going to tell me this is just a loose screw that happens to be right where the LB is? Geez...

You probably have to read the thread 'iBook G4 logic board fix' in 'display'. Good luck!

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Here again...
Last time I tried to boot the system freezed and came out a window with strange (to me) codes...
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latest crash info for cpu 0:
exception state (sv=0x2F68F000)
PC=0x000940B0; MSR= 0x00001030; DAR: 0xFC400000; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00093F8C; R1=0x8E608741; XCP= 0x00000098 (System Failure)
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backtrace terminated - unaligned frame address: 0x8E608741
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Exception state (sv=0x2F68F000)
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backtrace terminated - unaligned frame address: 0x8E608821
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PC=0x00000000; MSR= 0x0000D030; DAR: 0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP= 0x00000000 (Unknown)
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Darwin Kernel Version 7. 9. 0:
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ethernet MAC address: 00:00:00:00:00:00
ip address: 0. 0. 0. 0
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Let's say a person for some reason didn't have a back up.
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Can his info, all his docs and bookmarks and favorites, etc., everything, still be transfered from broke iBook to another Mac (a better mac, tho used.)?
Just take out the hard disc with all the info and somehow transfer that to a better mac?
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If it were me, I would get an external firewire enclosure, and put the drive in it. I would then attach it to my new computer and copy off my data files. I would then wipe the old drive and use it for backup or data storage. Some of this will also depend upon the size of the old drive. If it is a 20GB drive it is hardly worth the trouble of continuing to use it and the expense of an enclosure and I would just find (maybe borrow) a suitable enclosure for long enough to copy off data files.

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Try downloading the current version of the iBooks app on your computer's iTunes so that the app is in your purchase history. Then on your iPad go to the Purchased tab in the App Store app and see if you can download an older compatible version of it.
If the ebooks aren't ibooks, then unless they are digital-rights-management free epubs then you probably won't be able to add them to your computer's iTunes library (File > Add To Library) and sync them to your iPad - in they do have DRM on them then does the store that you got them from have their own app in your computer's iTunes ? If they then you could try the above and see if they have an iOS 5 compatible version available.

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Hi all,
Yesterday a strange thing happened with my iBook. I was watching a DVD when the screen suddenly froze in the middle of the film. I could not quit or force quit DVD Player, I could not turn off the iBook and I could not eject the disk.
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was this iBook running off the battery only as opposed to the a/c adaptor?
sounds like you completely exhausted the battery.
Is this correct? if so, then you may also need to address the PMU provided apple's DU's found no errors on your HD as a result of the power failure which then locked up the unit while playing a DVD.
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4. The optical drive. The noise will only occur when a disk is inserted and spinning. Usually a whirring or deep vibration noise. Comes from the right side of the keyboard under the enter key area.
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In terms of tools, you can get the tools from ifixit. Look in the right sidebar under required tools.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
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http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/50.0.0.html
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Sorry if i was unclear. the keys aren't simply repeating, they're making stuff up. So if I tap 'o' once it prints 33k3kllakdnnfdk:{. and if I hit enter it prints :0:=} then exposes. in general the whole upper left side of the keyboard is mixed up.

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