MR> I see the white connector. It does not seem to budge. when I try to
MR> move it, or push on it. Also, I don't see a ribon connected to it.
MR> It has a brown plate on it that is glued to grey plastic from the top
MR> section.
Ok. You're in the right place. Don't do anything with the brown
plate just yet.
MR> You say I should remove the right hinge, what exactly is that.
MR> The only piece I removed aside from the keyboard is the front
MR> plastic thing underneath the microphone part. I tried removing
MR> the bullet things but I did not want to break them.
The bullet things remove fairly easily if you're careful.
You'll need a small flashlight and a small flathead screwdriver - like
the ones give out at tech shows. (Preferably without the magnet on
the other end. ;-)
Shine the flashlight into the open end of the bullet. You should see
a plastic ribbon about the color of dark honey. _CAREFULLY_ insert
the screwdriver between the ribbon and the bullet. Slowly push the
screwdriver all the way back until it tilts slightly with the curve of
the bullet and stops. Again _carefully_ pry the bullet cover off the
hinge by lifting the handle of the screwdriver until the front two
retaining tabs of the bullet cover pop out of the PB casing. At that
point the bullet should pretty much just lift off.
Under the bullet you should see a silver hinge with a ribbon curled
around it. If you don't see the honey colored ribbon then one of three
things is wrong:
1) The ribbon is scrunched somewhere in the PowerBook case and needs
to be properly re-curled around the hinge.
2) The ribbon cable is not installed. (Not likely since you mentioned
the brown board on top of the white connector.)
3) The ribbon cable has been broken and needs to be replaced.
The cable should be pretty obvious. It runs from the white connector
on the board, up around the hinge, and plus into a black connector to
the right of the microphone. If the cable is there you should try and
push down on both connectors to make sure their seated. The brown
board on the white connector is actually a small circuit board
soldered to the second half of the white connector - pushing down on
this lightly to make sure it's seated is ok. The black connector on
the other end gets in the way of removing the hinges and can also be
pushed down on lightly to make sure it's seated properly.
MR> On a good note, the powerbook now boots with only the
MR> batteries inside! Yeah! PRAM install seems good.
I have to go about making/ordering one of those for myself.
Something tells me I should write a PB 5xx disassembly/assembly FAQ.
Mike mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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