iBook salvage

[danaeris]

Anyone know of places in the Bay Area that will buy a used defunct iBook for salvage? Any idea what kind of value I could get for that?

x-posted to sfbayarea

Also, anyone on my list want to try to take the defunct ibook apart and see if they can fix it?

It's a 2 year old white iBook. Don't remember the specs, honestly, but it was pretty state of the art at the time.

I spilled some salt water on it. There were crackling sounds and then it wouldn't turn on. The hard drive is still in good condition; they did a complete data transfer to the new laptop for me.

Not sure what I want for it. I'm really just starting to educate myself about this and I'm not ready to sell. But I know iBook LCDs are worth something, and it also has the DVD/CDR drive, the wireless card, etc., which are likely worth something.

Comments

[echan.livejournal.com]

What kind/model/generation iBook is it? (the more geek details, the more my geeky brain smiles)

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

good point. See the updated post...

[echan.livejournal.com]

Do you know how big the LCD is?

(My first guess is, the salt water made an eletrical circuit where there wasn't supposed to be one, and something (probably the motherboard) shorted out. Other components stand a good chance of still being okay.)

[rightsock.livejournal.com]

search completed auctions on ebay for 'ibook parts', and you can probably make $200 for various parts. I'd love to help you disassemble it just for the curiosity factor. Don't know when we'll be in the same city, though.

http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&ht=1&sortproperty=metaendsort&query=ibook+parts&completedonly=1&from=R10

[unseelie23.livejournal.com]

Having disassembled one of the newer iBooks, I wouldn't recommend it to the faint at heart. It is amazingly easy to destroy the case trying to do something simple like install a new drive.

I really feel for the Apple techs that have to work on them...

Re: miriam's fried ibook

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

I have been VERY careful to not associate my real name with my livejournal name in any public entries, period, end of story. It is very important at this stage in my life that my lifestyle and journal not be associated with my professional persona.

This comment's title include's my first name.

Please fix it or delete the comment ASAP; if it hasn't been fixed by the time I'm going to sleep tonight, I will delete it myself.

Thanks; I appreciate your cooperation.

my whole house sounds like a concert hall

[http://users.livejournal.com/_duncan/]

The LiveJournal interface I use offers no way of editing comments once submitted. The content, obviously received, has been removed from the site.

I hadn't noticed the distinction. My mistake.

[unseelie23.livejournal.com]

You might try We Fix Macs in Palo Alto. I talked with Art there, and he said he'd have to see it first, but they'd likely be interested.

If Palo Alto is too far for you, once I'm mobile I could make the run for you as I live down that way.

[auros]

Heee. I know that store. It's right next to the place I walk to when I go out to buy cat food -- two blocks from my place. :-)