The people who killed their iBooks were probably trying to apply the hack to a Rage Mobility iBook, either a 500 or 600 MHz version. That'll kill it and make it unusable. I did hear someone who worked at an Apple service center say that he got a lot of people with iBooks that died due to video problems, and he thought that it was because they used the hack. But that was before the logic board service program, so I'd say that's a more likely explanation.
Anyway, I think it's still a bad idea to do the hack unless you're actually going to use it. Keep in mind that if the hack itself wrecks your computer, Apple won't do anything about it. But if your hard drive dies six months later, they won't give a crap.
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