Mother of all Computer Failures
by Anthony Bramante
14 November 2005, 21:16
Though reasonably computer literate when it comes to using software and programs in daily life, I’ll admit I’m completely ignorant of what is going on behind those programs and inside my laptop. Which is probably the reason I’m so upset at what I went through two weeks ago.
I’ll save you the long version, but basically, after a lot of haranging Applecare informed me that my logic board had failed and needed to be replaced. After $330, it now has.
Though I love macs (I have a 2002 15” Ti Powerbook G4), I have to admit this is the second apple that has had a mother/logic board failure on me in the past few months (the other was the DOC Freshmen Trips computer a week prior to the arrival of the first `09’s.)
I understand when hard drives, disc drives, screens, keyboards, and operating systems fail: all have dynamic and therefore vulnerable mechanical or program-based components. Isn’t a motherboard just a large circuit board with a bunch of stuff plugged into it? So what gives? How does a motherboard fail to the point that it needs to be replaced?
