Hi there: well, as a sad semi-resolution to my problem of the power socket broken-off from the board: I had disassembled the iBook (see below) enough to extract the pin that had broken off of the power cord (the original problem), but in the process I inadvertently snapped the socket for the power cables off of the board. Having never done anything like this before, I practiced the various steps for close to an hour (tweezers and a toothpick were my most useful tools), I managed to glue the socket back on, I even managed to re- trace the connections with a conductive-fluid pen, and I managed to get it all put back together. But it won't fire up. I assume I didn't get the connections traced properly...it was a very small space to work in.
So I take it this little item is pretty much history. I plan to sell it for parts shortly. Unless, of course, there's some other way to go. My question now is: How do I know which external HD enclosure to get so as to retrieve the data? Or is there some other way to do so? The less expensive the better, in case you hadn't figured that out yet. As always my thanks in advance! *************** Bill Spencer in Maryland IMac Core Duo 2.4 ghz/1 g RAM/Leopard IMac Core Duo 1.83 ghz/1 g RAM/Tiger iBook G3 12.1/800mhz/640mb RAM/Tiger --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
