iBook G3/800 12" (02) Rescued

[Steve_G]

Rescued an iBook G3 off ebay, i will be posting photos here as soon as i get it in.

Purpose of this system is to run os 9.2.2 (i also obtained the original restore disc set to install it) and not 10.x, i have a powerbook G4 17" for that (1ghz)

The prior owner of this system maxed the ram at 640mb, but it still has the original 30gb hard drive. Battery is almost at original capacity, with 45 cycles.

 

[gocarlo]

Wow, quite a find with the working battery! Looking forward to the pics. Loved those 12" iBooks. They hold up pretty well.

 

[Quadraman]

Wow, quite a find with the working battery! Looking forward to the pics. Loved those 12" iBooks. They hold up pretty well.

Are you sure about that? I've heard the white iBooks, both G3 and G4, have a problem with solder joints loosening up leading to parts failures.

 

[finkmac]

Yes, the iBook G3 and iBook G4 both have issues with solder cracking.

The cases are very flexible, and the flexing case puts pressure on the logic board, which causes the solder of two components to crack…

In the iBook G3, the GPU solder is affected, the only way to repair it… is to have a reballer re-do the solder… Those other little tricks you may have read about don't last very long.

In the iBook G4, another chip (also controls video) is affected, but it's a relatively easy fix… Just desolder the connections and resolder them.

All G3s and G4s will eventually fail from cracking video chip solder, it's just a matter of when.

 

[Steve_G]

Wow, quite a find with the working battery! Looking forward to the pics. Loved those 12" iBooks. They hold up pretty well.

These are photos from the ebay auction, i intend to take more photos once it arrives using my higher quality camera.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Very cool! I didn't realize those could boot into 9.2.2 natively. Has it already been hacked to do spanned displays?

Thanks for jogg1ng me into researching Native9 possibilities, looks like the PowerBook G4 1.0 (Ti) just hit my wish list as the Pismo500 upgrade candidate.

 

[Steve_G]

You have to use a special installer disc which works on the powerbook 4,3 model to boot into 9.2.2 natively

 

[Steve_G]

I apologize for the kitchen counter shots, but that is the only place i could take these photos that had enough light that would not throw my flash off.

 

[macman142]

That iBook G3 looks in wonderful condition. Even with all the little rubber feet!

Nice save.

 

[mcdermd]

I have always liked the "icy" keyboards on those. I have an older 500 MHz G3 iBook with the silver highlights.