I have a Powerbook G4 1.67 I bought in 2004.

The extended warranty ran out last year, I never had a problem until
the last 3 months of my extended warranty. One of the two small boards
on the left side needed to be replaced and then after that they found that
my RAM slots on the logic board were not working properly. Both these
items were replaced by Apple with a 90 day warranty to continue.

2 months after the 90 days was up I started to see little “pixel worms” at
different points on my screen. This continued for about 2 weeks off and on.
Then the major shit started, vertical lines. Like not being able to tune in a
TV signal with out snow. Not wavy lines – just straight vertical lines. This
would happen off and on and now it happens on boot up and all the time.

It stopped for about 2 days, then returned. Now as of last night none of my applications
will launch. NONE! I booted up using the Apple Repair disc and ran it, also did the
same thing with Tech Tool Pro 4.0 and ran the big suite. After all that I ran the internal
disk utility and all came up clean. Still, no applications would launch.

Apple will not help me now unless I pay them, to look at it and assess the problem
and then charge me for the repair. Their quick answer was “it sounds like you just
need a new macbook Pro and problem fixed”. I have been out of work for 15+ months
and just got a job and am behind on all my bills and owe the IRS on top of that. I cannot
afford a new laptop as much as I would like one… “WITH FIREWIRE PORTS!!” LOL.

Anyway, any advice or help any one can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all so much and happy Friday.

michael