My daughter spilled tea (with sugar) into her G4 I Book (1.33/12"). The computer shut down and will not restart. I suspect the logic board but are there any other components that may be the culprit? How can I isolate the problem so that I dont throw money at it?
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From my experience as the on site service technician at a deployment of 1200 iBook G4's, I can safely say that you will need to plunk money down to fix this. Since the unit won't power on, it's a safe bet that you'll need to replace the logic board. Depending on how much tea got in it, some may have pooled up inside of the machine, destroying the dc-in board as well. All tolled, you're looking at (this is a ballpark figure) about $700-$800 to repair. Again, this is based on what I've seen of this scenario on these units at the school district. If there's anything I can do to help, feel free to pm me.
If this happened to me, I'd definitely get out my insurance policy docs to see if I'm covered. Even after paying an Excess (typically £50 or £100 in the UK) and higher future policies, it sounds like it might be worthwhile.