Since I do all my on repairs … I would be very interested in the results of trouble shooting the DC board. When my wife's 1.25GHz 13" PowerBook died, I decided no more laptops in our house. They're just too flimsy, plus, my hands seem to be too large to do anything inside it. The G3 Pismo is the only long life practically trouble free laptop I've ever come across. I bought her a used G4 eMac and it has been bullet proof running OS10.4.8. Only repair has been me replacing the battery. My only gripe is that it's heavy as a Harley :-)
RHB Almost no one can fix his own jalopy anymore, but with bikes, it's all hanging out. Anything you want to get to, you can just pull it out and work on it. Plus you can't have more than one backseat driver. ~David Karp - Founder of Tumblr On Mar 15, 2013, at 1:50 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 15, 2013, at 11:26 AM, spilrules <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I did exactly what Clark recommended, and it did not change anything. When >> I plug the AC charger in, it does not light up as it used to. Could this be >> a problem with the AC connection jack that is in the powerbook? Does anyone >> think that this part may have failed as I cannot think of what else would >> prevent it from getting any power. Could a power surge possible ruin this >> part and not damage the AC power/charger device? > > If the battery shows a full charge, and the system won't boot off of just the > battery, I'd say that the DC board on it died. > > Kinda fiddly to replace : > <http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+PowerBook+G4+Aluminum+15-Inch+1.67+GHz+DC+%26+Sound+Card/651/1> > but not terrible. > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > ROBERT H. BAUCOM [email protected] -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
