On Feb 21, 2010, at 1:34 AM, PETER WARNER wrote: > My Wife's Lombard has been having power management issues lately. pRAM > battery is dead, and the main battery is dead, but it works fine on external > power. Also, the USB ports have had some issues lately. She uses it primarily > in her studio, and it is covered in paint, etc. and pretty scratched up. > > So when I saw one on Craigslist for $10 with no HD, HD sled, or ribbon cable. > I picked it up for parts. I put in the HD from my wife's computer, and > swapped over some of the RAM, as she had more in hers. I put in the DVD > decoder, and the Super drive, did some tests, and the PB works like a charm. > (BTW as a bonus the new one came with a VST "superDisk" Floppy drive, which > means I may never have to hook up my Quadra again :? ) > > The idea was that the new machine would be for parts. But, it is super shiny, > and clean. This is where my quandary comes in. If I leave the HD and RAM in > the new machine, It is all set to go. If I want to troubleshoot, and replace > parts, I can transfer back to the original machine. > > Should I give my wife a shiny new looking case to get paint on?????? Or go > through all of the work to swap parts... > > Peter > > IMHO a repaired original is better than a new one because you know exactly what you have, also the original has character:-) Maybe you can obtain another good deal and build up a nice looking specimen to resell nod recoup your investment. But that's just me.
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