Problematic iBook needs to be repaired AGAIN!

I have 12 inch 1GhZ G4 iBook. I bought it in May of 2004, and since then, it has had its logic board repaired twice within the last year.
The problem is that the display stops working. I hear the fan, but the screen remains blank. I was told the logic board was the problem, and after each replacement it seems to work fine for a while. Now the problem has returned.
This is the third time it has happened. My old G3 iBook and G3 Powerbook never gave me this many problems! And those older machines were put through a great deal more stress than this G4 iBook.
Where do I go from here? I can't seem to find the form for an application for a repair box so I can send it back to apple. Can someone send me the link? Anyone have any recommendations on to what I should do?
Thank you.

Are you under AppleCare? The one year AppleCare warranty covers hardware issues, and if you purchase an AppleCare extended plan it covers hardware and software issues up to 2 additional years. If you didn't purchase the extended plan in the first year, you can't get it later. If you are covered, give them a call:
http://www.apple.com/contact/phone_contacts.html
If you are not, you can still give them a call, but the cost of parts and service may be more expensive than sending it to one of these places:
http://www.powerbookresq.com/
http://www.dttservice.com/
So compare costs and decide which is best.

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Hello,
I have received an error when running disk utility that says, "This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD." This issue has popped on a couple of times on my previous MacBooks and maybe once on my current one.
I have followed the suggested protocol (restart + command + r), and I choose disk utilities from the menu at start-up. I have both verified and repaired the disk (my HD), and disk utility says there are no errors; however, when I do a normal restart and run disk utilities again, I get the error message This disk needs to be repaired" again. I have cycled through this process and each time verify and repair disk on the Recovery HD indicates that nothing is wrong while verifying the disk on normal startup results in the same error. I computer has also been laggy.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
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Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.
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How do i recover data from an external hard drive that was accidentally deleted? After I verified the drive, a message appeared that said my drive needed to be repaired. When I tried to access the drive again, the 700 Gigs of music is gone!

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"Your PC needs to be repaired" Error: 0xc0000225 in Win 8.1 Enterprise

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Why did so many permissions need to be repaired after Mavericks?

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Hard Drive Volume Needs to be Repaired - Please help!

I actually posted this question before, so if you happen to read this for the second time, I do apologize for that. The reason I am posting again is because I couldn't solve the problem, and when I called Apple care today, they asked me to extend my Applecare to 3 years first or pay a one-time $49.99 fee (I bought my mbp in May). I understand this process, but right now I do not have this budget so I need to find help here. I really appreciate all your help in advance.
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First Aid failed
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Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Invalid node structure
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Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
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2 A complete erase (using the "zero" option in Disk Utility), followed by installation of the OS from your Installation Disc 1 should get the drive back in good shape (as it passed Hardware Test). This will of course erase all your applications and data files, so they should first be backed up somehow.
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"HFS VOLUME NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED"

Since yesterday, my computer has turned off unexpectedly 5 times...
when running the Utility disx app... it says the "HFS VOLUME NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED"...
I've used the repair button to do it, and eventhough it repaired something, it didn't really repair the HFS vol... 'cause it keeps giving me the same error, over and over again...
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HOW DOES IT BREAK?
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Hi majjo84;
I would not recommend that you reinstall the operating system. I don't think it is necessary. Also if you are short of free space it will fail unless you do the reinstall using Erase & Install instead of Archive & Install. If you do the E&I, you will lose everything. So you must make sure you have a good backup before you even think about the reinstall.
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Disk needs to be repaired, but I don't have the OS X installation disc.

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Downloading Mt Lion will only cause more problems, because a lot of present software (and hardware drivers for printers, scanners etc) you might have will not work with it.
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I just recently had a new hard drive and a logic board put in.
I ran ONYX for the first time today and am getting a "volume needs to be repaired" message.
What causes the volume to need to be repaired? And why already?

TuckerdogAVL wrote:
The steps also don't address one knowing that the volume needs repair, hence running "Onyx"
We can only speculate it had to do with a hardware issue with your old logicboard.
Onyx isn't a backup program. It's a clean up utility.
It has initial "checks" that also can be performed with Disk Utility, likely the developer of OnyX saw a need to check a users drive before performing cleaning and maintenance aspects.
Some folks in the Apple community feel these aren't ever necessary and there isn't a reason to do "routine maintenance."
In the past there was some performance issues if certain maintenance wasn't performed because Unix was designed to run it's tasks during the middle of the night, so people had to do them manually to regain their performance. OnyX, Cocktail, Yasi and other programs sprang up to address the problem.
However Apple addressed the cause in later OS X versions and it's not a issue anymore for anyone to worry about.
But it did take considerable time to get everyone to relax and not fret over having to do any routine maintenance, people were doing more harm than good.
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Because OnyX does have those initial checks and then it does allow cleaning of cache files which can become corrupt and cause unexplained issues.
Since it's all nicely wrapped in one neat package, it's like flushing one's system and allowing it rebuild which can cure strange behavior, browser cache poisoning for instance.
https://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/020310-black-hat-wi-fi-attackers.html
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Since OnyX doesn't hurt anything, and it may cure the problem, there is nothing wrong in trying, if the initial checks show a bigger issue at fault like the "this volume needs repair" then that's right in the users face to report back here so we can recommend further action.
Why does this message show up? ... but "why" is elusive.
Most people don't know why without detailed examination of the hardware, so they can't answer your question.
Only we can "guess" that it had something to do with your logicboard being replaced.
Repair the drive and if it occurs again, you likely have a failing drive, replace it.

I want to upgrade to mavericks but my disk needs to be repaired but i have the wrong disk

i want to upgrade to mavericks but my disk needs to be repaired with a disk. so i did a disk utility verify and it told me i needed to repair it with another disk.
but my mac was preinstalled with snowleopard and the disk that came with it is mac 10.5 so when i tried to do a start up with the disk it just freezes the moment i click on the start up disk. (did this by trying holding down option/alt button since holding down the C button just locks my screen to the gray screen)
and 'repair disk' is greyed out. and i read somewhere that you can't boot with a disk that is lower than what the mac is.
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in case anyone asks for my model:
it is a macbook pro early 2011 model with preinstalled snowleopard

You need to boot using the 10.6 Snow Leopard DVD that you bought from the Apple Store.
If your machine had 10.5 when you got it then in order to upgrade to 10.6.8 you must have purchased 10.6. If you've lost that DVD you can buy it again from the Apple Store.

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Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
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Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
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What does this mean ? will something like disc warrior fix this ? or can some one please help with any suggestions.
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Hi Martin;
DiskWarroir will fix it.
Allan

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