Am I misisng sometimg here? Couldn't you just get a new DC in board for it instead of calling it quits?
On Feb 8, 2009, at 2:04 PM, William Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
