>
> OK, my Pismo is dying. It's having troubles starting up (first time--
> press power button, HD spins, everything sounds like it's going, no
> screen, no HD activity; second time--boots as normal), going to sleep
> (either shuts off or kills screen when I close the lid--no sleep), and
> is releasing an unpleasant odor on startup.
> I'm prepared to sell the thing for parts on eBay (after posting info
> on LEM swap), but before I do, does anyone have any suggestions? I'm
> in the process of stripping the RAM and HD out to upgrade an iBook
> clamshell and perhaps a desktop. The only thing that seems at all
> burnt is the CPU, but I haven't gotten in very far. I haven't seen the
> PMU yet, and since the smell seems to be coming from that direction,
> that may be a likely candidate. I'd rather buy a new MacBook White
> (just got some scholarship money), but I want to know if it would be
> worth it to keep this thing running.
>
> Thanks,
> FFF
If you do manage to fix it yourself for not that much money ( and the
parts for Pismos on ebay are pretty cheap ), the Pismo could end up
being a handy backup machine.
If you don't have an external hard drive that you backup your data to
then once you buy your new laptop , you could use the Pismo as one.
Stewie
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