On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:54 AM, wren wrote: > Some of you might recall that some months back I was having trouble > with my pismo massively overheating. The only way I could run it and > keep it cool was to point a personal fan directly at the back corner > externally - at about the point where the processor sets internally. > Of course, this wasn't a workable solution. > > Today, I finally was able to get some good thermal paste, artic cool > lab MX-2. I bought it because if I did a sloppy job, accidentally, I > wouldn't fry the pismo. > > Well, I followed IFixit's instructions to the letter. I read up on > applying the paste. I was super careful. The repair seems to done the > pismo in. There is NO power when pressing the button. > > Is it dead? > > What do you think did it?
It's not unusual for a Pismo to behave this way if the PRAM battery has never been replaced. Yours probably is dead or nearly dead and thus the Pismo has no startup parameters to check. To get your Pismo to start again, lift the keyboard and disconnect the PRAM battery. The connector is just to the right of center at the bottom edge of the keyboard opening. It's a two-wire connector with one black and one red wire, IIRC. Plug in the Pismo and press the start button. It should chime and boot. Reconnect the PRAM battery, which probably has been holding just enough juice to let you start in the past, but died while you performed thermal paste surgery. Buy a new PRAM battery if you can't remember ever replacing it, or do this trick whenever it won't start in the future. Your choice. :^) Jim Scott -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
