OT/Apple Macintosh G4 Repair
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sandman450f
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Hey does that G4 skim as well as a G3? and I didnt know they made it in a hard drive model!!
sandman450f
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Guess that harddrive upgrade must allocate space better for the skimate
Unfortunately those Titanium hinges were a weak point in those models. I had a Titanium powerbook and had to replace the hinges. Don't ever go to apple to fix them, they'll charge more than the computer is worth.
There are a couple of options. When my hinge broke a few years ago I sent it in to this company
http://iresq.com/portables/detail.php?prodID=P009742
a bit pricey but I was giving the computer to my daughter anyways so it was worth it. My wife still uses it to this day.
There's also this I found
hinge repair kit
might be worth looking into if you think you can fix it yourself.
You also might be able to pick up some spare hinges on ebay, download some instructions on how to replace them, go do it yourself that way. I think it's not real easy to do, but not terribly hard either. You'll probably put in a few nicks and scratches here and there if you do.
What model/cpu speed/hard drive size do you have? I have some old laptop hard drives laying
around. Maybe one of mine will work in your model.
There are a couple of options. When my hinge broke a few years ago I sent it in to this company
http://iresq.com/portables/detail.php?prodID=P009742
a bit pricey but I was giving the computer to my daughter anyways so it was worth it. My wife still uses it to this day.
There's also this I found
hinge repair kit
might be worth looking into if you think you can fix it yourself.
You also might be able to pick up some spare hinges on ebay, download some instructions on how to replace them, go do it yourself that way. I think it's not real easy to do, but not terribly hard either. You'll probably put in a few nicks and scratches here and there if you do.
What model/cpu speed/hard drive size do you have? I have some old laptop hard drives laying
around. Maybe one of mine will work in your model.
gcarroll
Active member
Changing out the hard drive is simple. It can't be any harder than changing out the cd burner. I did it in about 3 minutes. I think it might be one or two screws and one plug. Heck, there are extra harddrive bays so you could probably leave the old one in and just ad one or two to the open bays.
On a desktop it's as simple as can be. I think he's talking about a powerbook though. It's a little trickier because it's so tight in there. I know I swapped out some drives on a titanium and the aluminum powerbooks, I think it's wasn't so bad. But on the newer macbooks, you practically have to take the whole thing apart!
crsandoval
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I used to work for Apple, for at least 3 years. Greg knows that. As for the hinges you can take it to an authorized repair center and they can repair the TiBook, but you are seriously better off buying a new machine.
The hinges were a problem, but that happens with excessive opening and closing. With a new machine the hinge goes across and you have a much larger HD out of the box. If you buy at an Apple Store, like the grove they will move the data for free with a new buy.
The hinges were a problem, but that happens with excessive opening and closing. With a new machine the hinge goes across and you have a much larger HD out of the box. If you buy at an Apple Store, like the grove they will move the data for free with a new buy.
