Just about everyone who has worked on their Pismo has had this happen! I love this list and love my Pismo.
On Mar 23, 2012, at 10:40 PM, wren wrote: > It Is ALIVE! > > Holy cow. I'm really amazed and so thankful for all your help. > > Earlier tonight, I tried pressing down on it - but nothing changed. I > messed with all the connections and cables - but nothing. > > Being rather unhappy, I let it set for a few hours. Then I found all > your further messages here and one in my inbox. I took the heat sink > and processor board completely apart again. When I did, I realized > that the processor was too easily removed. I didn't have to work at > it. No wonder just pressing on it hadn't seated it before - it wasn't > aligned right to begin with. No bent pins, thankfully. > > I cleaned off the paste and gave it new stuff - then put it back > together and pressed the button. Yippee - it is a beautiful thing to > see. I know these pismos are older than dirt, but I really can't find > any keyboard that is better to type on. The thinkpads are pretty nice > and all, but they just don't have that soft feel of the Pismo. Shame > no one makes 'em like that anymore. > > Thanks so much everyone. :-) > > -- > 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/ -- 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/
