laptop swap
ok, so i'm not bloggin this from the iBook, because it's doing a huge software update.
yesterday, Juice came by and dropped off his non-working laptop. His hard drive died. My hard drive was living, but my logic board was crap. So, I pulled my hard drive, extra ram, and airport card from my iBook, and put them in his.
now i have one working iBook, with another which, in theory, may need a new logic board.
let me tell you, i love pbfixit.com. their instructions for changing a hard drive were F L A W L E S S. they even included 3 pages of screw guides, to which you could tape each set of screws you took out, so that you knew which part they came out of, and where to put them back in. each photo had the screws circled, in different colors, so you could tell where they went back.
apparently, the apple certified tech who changed MY hard drive and installed my RAM did not follow this guide, because as I opened my case, I found half a dozen missing screws, one piece bent to hell, and another one broken. seriously fucked.
this has inspired me, however, to think about who would work on my laptop in the future. i am no longer intimidated by the mystery of what's inside. i'm still not sure if i'd want to try a full logic board replacement, but i am confident with time, patience, and a couple cups of coffee, I could probably do it.