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3lectr1cPPC's latest activity
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3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread PowerBook 540c screen issue.That sort of color flickering doesn’t look like it has to do with the backlight, I think that’s a video signal issue of some sort. -
3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread PowerBook 540c screen issue.My first guess would actually be a video issue on the logic board. It could absolutely be the screen though, so try a recap if it’s a...
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3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread Pin-out M7783 power supply Duo 230.All with that connector are the same pinout.
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3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread PowerBook 500 Series Battery Rebuild Failure (Oops, all dead EMMs!).Pretty sure mine were Panasonic.
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3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread Macintosh PowerBook 145/160/170 battery replacement.You should really add that thermal fuse, especially if it’s getting toasty. Good work though, I need to rebuild one of mine as well.
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3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread IIsi fault ....I do not necessarily think the PSU is at fault for this particular issue, but it MUST be recapped. The IIsi PSU uses ELNA LongLife...
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3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread Compatible PSU for Lombard/Bronze Keyboard PowerBook G3.Any of the following: PowerBook Duo (all models) - not recommended because they have a Rifa cap in them PowerBook 1400 PowerBook 2400...
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3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread Powerbook Duo 2300c - power on chimes but nothing else....Those legs just look like they're bent backwards, I think that's fine. Only booting one in 20 times is textbook bad capacitors. Get 'em...
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3lectr1cPPC replied to the thread SE/30 turning on very slowly.A PSU taking a while to start up sounds like a textbook case of weak capacitors to me, but with power supplies it could always be...
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3lectr1cPPC commented on 3lectr1cPPC's profile post.Apple didn’t get it in their laptops till 1999, they were late in that regard. Apple was never early to adopt USB, they were just early...
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3lectr1cPPC commented on 3lectr1cPPC's profile post.The original 1993 WinBook was one of, if not the first laptops designed around running windows, so the name fit. The first two...
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3lectr1cPPC commented on 3lectr1cPPC's profile post.They should have just compared capacity, to capacity. The WinBook does beat the 3400 in that field, even if it’s misleading. Did you...
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3lectr1cPPC commented on 3lectr1cPPC's profile post.That's only if you can find one that isn't a bottom of the barrel config with a passive matrix screen, which most are. Mine isn't...
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3lectr1cPPC commented on 3lectr1cPPC's profile post.I would write them off if I knew better...but I don't. And I like the fun of it all :) ThinkPads are generally better but there's plenty...
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3lectr1cPPC commented on 3lectr1cPPC's profile post.https://www.ebay.com/itm/374897557065 You betcha. I have one and it's holding up but it's only because I added a boatload of epoxy...