Restoring on new motherboard
My iBook's soldered-on RAM (256MB) has failed. It no longer boots up. It degraded over a span of two months and now is a $1500 paperweight.
I could buy a new motherboard and replace it (yes, I know - about 80-90 screws and 3 hours). But my question is...
When I hook my old hard drive up to the new motherboard, will all my old licensed software (OSX, MSOffice2004, etc.) balk, or will everything work without a hitch forever?
Thanks
JeffO
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.33GHz, 768DDR, 32MB Radeon 9200 AGP, 60GB Ultra ATA Toshiba MK6025GAS hdd, AirPort Extreme, 14.1" screen
Yes, I already have the pbfixit info - great site.
The diagnostic CD did NOT find the bad RAM. It sometimes works out that way. However, with my added 512MB RAM, the RAM-failure beeps for some reason turned into quiet scratchy sounds. When I removed my 512RAM, the beeps were quite normal and clear.
I already replaced the hard drive, so I know how to do the operation. Also, I do this for a living, but not normally with Apple, so no stranger to computer guts. Since I have two 60GB hard drives, which are now identical right down to the documents, I'm hoping not to even have to reinstall.
The iBook started having problems just 5 days after the warranty expired. (I was wondering if they can set a time-bomb!) They called me to extend it, but I declined. And you know, it would've cost more than the new mobo anyway, so it's not really costing me extra to fix this.
It was either buy the mobo, or a replacement used iBook on eBay for twice as much. You saved me $$$. Thanks for the info.
JeffO
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