I picked up Eve today. I was told 2 weeks and it was (actually, one day more but there was a public holiday in there).
First impressions are a bit mixed. The CPU runs hotter than the last one did at 80 degrees when loaded (73 for the old one). I notice that the serial number no longer displays in System Profiler (I just see “SystemSerialNumb”). I didn’t get a new install DVD. The service dude said that not all the new logic boards require 10.4.6. Does that mean I’ve got a recycled pre-”new logic board” board that just doesn’t happen to have the whine? Windows didn’t boot. I’ll try booting to safe mode and install the Boot Camp 1.1 drivers.
Of course, the big question is, does it fix the whine? YES. Mind you at $2090.66 AUD (non-warranty replacement cost) for a new logic board, you’d want to hope something got fixed :)
Update 22 August 2006
I managed to boot Windows ok this time but ran into troubles when I installed the new drivers. I now have a bluetooth-enabled phone (more on that later) so I wanted to get bluetooth running but Apple’s driver update killed bluetooth. Finally, after much searching, I came across this page which contains the solution (forcing the use of Apple’s unsigned drivers). I also had to re-install Input Remapper because the Boot Camp drivers blew away it’s driver. Boot Camp 1.1 contains some of the functionality of Input Remapper but not all of it. Right click is just painful with Apple’s solution (Right-apple-key click? Ugh).
Update 23 August 2006
The system boots from my original install DVD. My conspiracy theory is that I have a recycled non-whining logic board, not a “new” logic board. Who knows, maybe some part was changed so there’s two lots of “new” logic boards but only half of them require 10.4.6.
The serial number thing is normal. The number is “burned” into the firmware at construction time but for replacement parts, the service centre would need to burn in the new number which takes time and effort and apparently doesn’t do anything except let you see your serial number from within Mac OS X.
I was a bit scared when I ran Apple Hardware Test and it said I had an error. I didn’t have a pen handy so I didn’t write the error down and it doesn’t give the error today. I’m still a bit concerned… I’ll keep an eye on things and run the hardware test every now and then to see if the problem comes back.
