iBook G4 logic board "upgrade"

[WakiMikoArck]

Hey guys!

So here's my predicament. I have an old iBook G4 that belonged to a friends family. It was the older 800MHz model and encountered that fairly common error with a faulty chip. I had it working for a few months, but it has since died and the only fix is to replace the logic board. I'd like to resurrect it, mostly as a backup machine for note taking at college. My plan is to order a working logic board but more specifically, to order the "newer" 1.3GHz model.

So far as I can tell from researching and looking at internals, everything should work but I wanted to throw it out there and check first. Has anyone here done the same or something similar? Any wisdom you can share with me?

 

[beelzebozo]

Have you searched iFixit.com?

 

[eelhead]

You just looking to swap out the CPU or the whole logic board?

 

[WakiMikoArck]

Forgive me, life got hectic and replying here rapidly got pushed to the back of my mind.

Thank you for mentioning ifixit. I checked there and found a very informative thread discussing the differences. As it stands, the logic board for a 1.3 will not work in the case of an 800mhz as the components and connectors have all been changed around. As it also turns out, the old iBook I had was not actually an 800mhz as I'd thought, but a 1.2... (feeling a bit noobish at the moment).

I've since ordered a working 1.2 board and placed it in the case to great success. The next step is I'm awaiting an extra stick of ram so that I can update the OS to Leopard.

Thanks for the replies guys, problem solved.