G4
Powerbook Aluminum RAM slot repair
If
you have any of these symptoms, your RAM slot may be broken.
- Is
your Powerbook not showing full RAM?
- Does
the lower slot appear empty (in System Profiler)?
- Is
your machine beeping instead of booting?
Many
people have experienced sudden loss of the Powerbook G4 RAM slots,
as has been noted on numerous sites. This affects all "Aluminum"
series Powerbooks (1ghz-1.67ghz).
Apple
has offered extended coverage of this for certain systems, depending
upon the serial number of the system. Machines with serial numbers
in the following range are currently eligible for coverage: W8503xxxxxx
through W8518xxxxxx. See Apple's
site for more information on coverage.
Full
Repair
Service
If
your Powerbook is outside of Apple's coverage, we can help. Our RAM
slot repair is only $249.99, and comes with a 6 month warranty covering
parts and labor.
By comparison, Apple's replacement cost for the logic board ranges
from $549 ~ 1008.00 (dealer cost)! And a replacement board from Apple
is only covered by a 90 day warranty!
We
have been repairing Powerbooks since 1990, and offer board-level repair
for all Apple portable products. All board-level repairs are backed
by a minimum of our 60 day warranty, and include full diagnostics
of your Powerbook or iBook as well.
We offer upgrade processes as well--we can upgrade your hard drive,
RAM, optical drive, etc, while your machine is in the shop. We can
have your machine better-than-new faster than Apple!
Please
note: we warranty this repair for 6 months. To ensure a service that
is better than the mfr's, we seal the unit when we complete the repair.
Openning the system for any reason will void this warranty. To offer
you the best possible service, we highly recommend letting us maximize
your RAM and hard drive while the system is in shop.
For
immediate service, call (803) 926.1555