Amplifier fried laptop what can I Do ? Any ideas?


I put my son's PowerbookG4 Laptop on top of my Amp and left it overnight with the Amps power on
The dispay no longer works.

I can login blind but there is no finder just out of wack lines.

Do you think a degauser would help or just make it worse.
do you think replacing the logic board is necessary
any ideas no matter how farout will be entertained

We were able to move the contents of the drive to a new Macbook.

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Showing 1 response by armstrod

Apple had a run of bad video chips - it's the heat that eventually kills them and you managed to greatly accelerate the process. Was this a Class A amp? :-)

Anyway, it's a known issue. My iBook G3 went in 5 times for the same video problem, each one lasting 6-9 months, and they fixed it both in and out of warranty until finally replacing it for free with a brand new iBook G4. Albertporter is correct that Apple's service is terrific. They're at 1-800-275-2273.

Good luck. When you call, you might want to leave the amp out of the conversation...

:-)

David