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unixguru
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2005-01-20, 18:21

Just to clarify, Apple doesn't use a video card in any of their laptops. I'm not even sure if the iMac has an actual card -- I think it does not. Instead, the graphics IC (ATI or nVIDIA) and VRAM chips are in a plastic or ceramic chip package which is surface-mounted directly to the main logic board via a ball grid array (BGA).

Speaking of BGA's, I just got my iBook motherboard back and it works perfectly. Apple refused to replace the board because I had opened the machine (AFTER it was out of warranty -- to replace an apple problem -- the reed switch cable, which fails almost as often as the logic boards). Yes, it has the video issue that every other ibook ever made has had. So I diagnosed the problem and sent it in to a PCB repair specialty shop and got it repaired for $37 -- that sure beats what apple wanted -- $700! Steve Jobs can kiss my ass!
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