Hi Matt, thanks for 2 reasons: first for answering and second for giving me some hope. Now, how do I do what you suggest?
I assume I have to take apart the Powerbooks and I think I can do that with some kind of guide I have found on the Web but then how do I recognise the parts to be replaced? Thanks for any answer Gaetano Il giorno domenica 7 luglio 2013 19:36:39 UTC+2, [email protected] ha scritto: > > Hi, > > It sounds like there are one or more bad capacitors on the logic board > preventing proper operation. > > They can be replaced. > > The portable is basically what Sony was able to miniaturize the Mac > Portable into. With some changes of course. > > Matt > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 7, 2013, at 12:58 PM, gaetano314 <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi all, > after googling in this forum and elsewhere I couldn't find the final > answer to the question above so I hope there in somebody who can help. > A gentle friend of mine gave me 2 Powerbook 100 with one power supply and > one floppy disk unit. Both of them, when plugged to the wall-wart, show > (almost) the same behaviour: > > - First there is a single nice sound, kind of chord > - then I can hear kind of low volume rattling sound > - in the meanwhile the screen goes all black with a dim backlight, > doesn't show anything and stays like this for long > > I tried also repeating the procedure toggling the rear battery power > switch, removing the main battery and also removing the backup batteries, > without any evident difference. > > I love Macs and I don't want to through the away, do you have any > suggestion for me? > > Thank you > Gaetano > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml 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/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" 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.
