iBook parts available

[Tyler Aviss (gmail)]

Hey Giles,


Does yours already have an airport card? If you already have one, I 
would like to claim the one that's in the ibook...




Giles Orr wrote:
> Hi Madison.
>
> Someone has claimed some of the parts ... I had to look it up, but I'm
> guessing you want the display?  He didn't ask for that, so it's yours.
>  I've never seen you at GTALUG or UU, and I seem to recall you live
> out in the western boondocks (pardon my Toronto-centricism ...) so ...
> how do we get this to you?
>
> I have also asked the other person: are you sure you don't want any of
> the other parts?  You're not just being polite?  I'd like to get rid
> of all of it, and the less people I have to deliver to the better.  I
> forgot to mention in the posting, I also have the outer casing which
> might be useful if yours is cracked.  The power supply and battery
> have been claimed.
>
> I used http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/iBook-G3-12-Inch/50/ to
> disassemble.  I was careful doing the disassembly so all the parts are
> in very good health ... but I wasn't careful about tracking the order
> and placement of screws so I couldn't put it back together again.  Be
> warned, the display is probably the most difficult piece to replace.
> Not hideous, but it will take you about an hour to get it apart, and
> another hour to re-assemble.  Possibly more, because unlike me you'll
> need to carefully track your parts so they can go back together ...
>
> On Feb 5, 2008 10:13 AM, Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> Giles Orr wrote:
>>     
>>> A friend had an old iBook die on her recently (the onboard video chip
>>> evidently went).  I was commissioned to wipe the HD, and I got the
>>> corpse.  I have bits, if anyone is interested.  This is a 2002 12"
>>> iBook.
>>>
>>> Power supply - grubby but works fine.
>>> Display - grubby, should be cleanable, not absolutely sure it works,
>>> but we're pretty sure it was the video card not the display that went.
>>> modem
>>> airport card (can I use that with Linux? would I want to?)
>>> battery - condition unknown, the former owner used it almost exclusively on AC.
>>> CD-ROM drive
>>> keyboard
>>>
>>> I'm keeping the HD, the SODIMM is already spoken for, and I may keep
>>> the Airport card if it's workable with Linux.  All other parts are up
>>> for grabs to the first person who requests them.  Will anyone want
>>> them at all?
>>>
>>>       
>> I would love this, I have a 12" ibook with a dead CCFL! :)
>>
>> Madi
>>
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