Brian,
The fuse you speak of is on the motherboard next to the battery
connector, it is a 5amp 125v surface mount. Usually the machine will
bootup with both a charged battery and AC adapter plugged in, have you
tried Booting up from a Norton utilities boot disk or an Apple disk tools
disk? I have tested, functioning mother and daughter boards that I'll let
go for $10.00 for the pair plus shipping. All the hardware will work on a
160 as will the memory card, I'm not sure about the screen, but I think
not.
Roger
Brian M wrote:
> Afternoon all
> New poster
>
> I have a PowerBook 140 that (after sitting in a closet for a couple of
> years) won't boot up - no chimes, no drive whirr, nothin'
> either on battery or the cord or both.
>
> I have:
> - Tried three different main batteries and three different power
> cords. A PowerBook 160 will boot from the cord with or without two of
> the three batteries (the third battery will stop it from booting up as
> well)
> - Replaced the lithium battery inside with a fresh 3V one.
> - Tried to search around both Google and this list's archives.
>
> There was some mention of a fuse - where?
> Any other suggestions?
> Brian
>
> PS If it is toast - how many components can I use as spares for the
> 160?
> ram, drives, modem, screen, keyboard, trackball?
>
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