----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:03 AM Subject: Rejuvenating Dead Pismos
> > Hi all, > > This is my first post to the list - I've had a PB 5300 and a 190 > before, and have just bought 3 dead pismo's. Two of them look > intact (I've looked under the keyboard), one is certainly dead. > They do nothing if given power, and wondered if anyone had any > tips for getting them to power up - will a Pismo power up > without a PRAM battery/HDD/DVD/etc attached, or if i remove some > boards? > > I've already tried resetting the Power manager with the button > on the back and tried disconnecting the battery/mains and Li-ion > battery for a few minutes. > > Does anyone know a good source for Pismo spares either in the > UK, or who can ship to the UK. Where could I get a replacement > PRAM battery? Would I have to go to an AppleCentre or could I > just get one in an electrical retailer. Would an AppleCentre > sell me one to fit myself. > > A similar situation with mine was resolved by the replacement of the Power Manager module. I had to send it to MacResQ to get it fixed. There are several places you can order batteries from, A Google search will give you them. For other parts there's http://www.pbparts.com here's what I would suggest you try. 1. Buy a known good PRAM battery and a known good regular Battery. 2. Install both in one of your machines and see if any of the various revival techniques work. 3. Cycle through all 3 of your machines. 4. If you can't get one revived. Use the teardown guide (a Google will locate a copy) to take 2 of the machines apart down to the logic board.and swap sound, inverter and power modules sequentially into the 3rd machine to see if you can get one running. 5. If all else fails, put one together with your best estimate of good parts, take it to an Apple Dealer, I believe they have a flat rate repair fee of $300 to make one whole again. MacResQ has a $99 deal but that only gets you a diagnosis, you then have to pay parts and labor for whatever they fix. (In my case, that ended up a little more than another 225$) so I ended up paying a little more than I would have paid Apple, but considering where I would have had to go to get it to Apple, the cost was about the same. HTH Joe Ellis 5. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
