Recent content by AEChadwick

yes, as long as you have the correct Interconnect-to-Display cable, you can have an Active Matrix PowerBook 520c for the LQ94D041 Display you need the cable that says SHARP COLOR TFT (active matrix), part 821-0026-A / 632-0017-REV.A everything else--inverter board, interconnect board...

The 540c display can suffer from failed capacitors; i have replaced capacitors on a couple screens, including a new-old-stock that i purchased. It's an inexpensive treatment, certainly worth a try. @3lectr1cPPC maintains the most excellent reference site. if you want to purchase a replacement...

it's incredible in idea, but i’m not 100% sure it works. Turns out the circuitry is weird, like most PRAM batteries only charge if there is a functional battery charging in the PowerBook--no charge to the main battery means no trickle-charge to the PRAM. I've tried this PRAM replacement board in...

i have installed this shim into three PowerBook 1400cs. I don't doubt it could use some finesse, a half-a-millimeter here and there that i was too deep in to notice, "meh i'll just push a little...”; i appreciate the objective assessment. If someone can adjust the STL--and maybe someone install...

this is fantastic—i couldn't have commissioned better work; i'm thrilled to be part of the process. thank you for giving this to the community. (@BinaryGrind please share your remix!)

yes! i should have just said that. you get it exactly. godspeed and good luck.

thin! not watery, it has enough thickness to hold a bead, very comparable to CA glue, but not as gassy nor as brittle. You build models = i defer to your judgment, i'm sure you have great plastic-melting-chemicals available. (just do a test first!)

i put the glue on the the lid then clamp the shim down over that. I do a bead around the perimeter, then apply the glue in a series of long thin beads across the entire area, about ¼-½" apart, with the intent that it will mash together and fill the space without leaking out the side too much. I...

I use Sci Grip 10315 “Weld On #16”. It’s probably overkill, but i like it: when it’s fresh it has a decent work time, and the bond has incomparable sheer strength.

I have a crush on my PowerBook 550c and I work hard to make it happy. The screen has been unacceptably dim as the 30-year-old CCFL continues its long slide into obscurity; and i wanted the 550c to have something nice for christmas. (i hope i'm not boring with my repeated CCFL-to-LED posts, i...

pardon me, i thought you meant the LED controller board. the LED strip itself (included with the controller board) is cut-to-fit, every three LEDs closest to the size of the CCFL tube. The strip is simply laid in place, perpendicular to the screen, and wedged in with a strip of ABS plastic.

(i read “design a turkey replacement” and wondered where this was going...)

put something in an apple store, it instantly looks cool & modern! usually i link to the board, you caught me the one time i was all “why bother”

i did not take pictures, but there is no trick to it—there’s acres of space at the bottom of the LCD, and the bezel sits so far forward nothing is cramped. I just trimmed the wires to look clean and mounted the boards in with double-sided-foam tape,

I have been restoring my PowerBook 180 to its full potential, using parts from several other machines (including a dead 180 i bought from a russian kid in a parking lot in south Beverly Hills for $50... i might have agreed to become a fence for other things he finds, not sure, this is a wild...