Sam-Addy A3 Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Hey, i have just been given a powerbook g4 for free but it needs a new motherboard.All i know is that is is 1 or 2 years old and it has a 15" screen.Will any apple motherboard be ok?ThanksSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 No, your going to need another power book g4 one, ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 No you'll need an Apple Powerbook G4 logic board, will probably go for about £1-200 on ebay (which is pretty much the only place to get them, unless you go to Apple then it will cost around £4-500)Do you know the rest of the machines specs?If it's 1/2 years old it will be a MacBook Pro, Powerbooks were discontinued in I think June 2006.If it's a Powerbook, keep your eyes on thesehttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-15-Powerbook-1...p3286.m20.l1116http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Logic-Board-1-5GHz-1...id=p3286.c0.m14If it's a MacBook Pro, you'll need to find out if it's a Core Duo or a Core 2 Duo. You should be able to find this out by taking the battery off and looking at the specs inside there. You're looking at around £200-300 for a Core Duo logic board if you can find one. If you go to Apple will be about £5-600 I would imagine. Nick (nc7r) might be able to help you out with prices and stuff, infact if you post the serial number in here, he can check the spec for you http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MacBook-Pro-Core-Duo...id=p3286.c0.m14http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MacBook-PRO-A1...p3286.m63.l1177http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MacBook-PRO-2-...p3286.m63.l1177Those are all Core Duos, if it's a Core 2 Duo you'll need a different logic board because the ports and such are all different, was a minor revision but they changed the whole case.Hope this has helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-Addy A3 Posted September 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 No you'll need an Apple Powerbook G4 logic board, will probably go for about £1-200 on ebay (which is pretty much the only place to get them, unless you go to Apple then it will cost around £4-500)Do you know the rest of the machines specs?If it's 1/2 years old it will be a MacBook Pro, Powerbooks were discontinued in I think June 2006.If it's a Powerbook, keep your eyes on thesehttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-15-Powerbook-1...p3286.m20.l1116http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Logic-Board-1-5GHz-1...id=p3286.c0.m14If it's a MacBook Pro, you'll need to find out if it's a Core Duo or a Core 2 Duo. You should be able to find this out by taking the battery off and looking at the specs inside there. You're looking at around £200-300 for a Core Duo logic board if you can find one. If you go to Apple will be about £5-600 I would imagine. Nick (nc7r) might be able to help you out with prices and stuff, infact if you post the serial number in here, he can check the spec for you http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MacBook-Pro-Core-Duo...id=p3286.c0.m14http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MacBook-PRO-A1...p3286.m63.l1177http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-MacBook-PRO-2-...p3286.m63.l1177Those are all Core Duos, if it's a Core 2 Duo you'll need a different logic board because the ports and such are all different, was a minor revision but they changed the whole case.Hope this has helped.Definetely a powerbook, a little older than i thought then lolThanks alot, time to start saving Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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