Careful, or you'll step on that laptop
How many times have people set their laptops on the floor and then later told themselves something like, "I should pick it up before I forget and step on it?" I'm sure at least one person in the world has thought that at some point. But how many people have said, "Oh, I know, I'll put the laptop on the floor and then press my heel down on the bottom left hand corner so as to force the logic board welding to hold in place?" Probably only one. Me.
That's right, my laptop died on me about a month ago, and after a little internet research, I determined that the problem was the logic board. Apparently I'm lucky that my computer lasted as long as it did. A full year longer than many other people with the same machine. And I used my computer a LOT during that time, too, so it isn't like I was going easy on it. I carried it to and from work every day for almost a year while I was working on RENT and it got heavy use. It also traveled with me to India, New York, South Bend and Australia. Apparently, the case of my iBook G4 is defective, allowing the logic board to flex, which permits the soldering on the GPU to separate, permitting the GPU to separate from the logic board. The result? A non-functioning computer. But, if you put the laptop on the floor and stand on just the right spot, guess what? The computer works! Believe me, it isn't easy to computer like that, but when it comes down to it, there are just some things that it is worth standing on your laptop for.
Looks like it's time to start thinking about a new laptop... MacWorld Expo, you had better not let me down!