when i had to do it i didn't feel like getting my iron out. i pulled one of the tabs off of the battery CAREFULLY as to not rip it off the interconnect board, then i twisted the leads slightly left and right closeish to the board untill they snapped from metal fatigue
i am having very weird issues with a powerbook 160, i have suspicion that it has to do with an interconnect cable as it has been bent a lot and looks pinched in some places. it gets worse over time and sound will stop working after time
I used all brand new caps, all are nichicon minus one as i ordered the wrong voltsge
all are THT electrolytic, cleaned all pads, all traces and pads look good
i used leaded rosin solder and cleaned the pads
the only thing i can think of is that some of the leads stick out from the pads a bit...
i very recently recapped an lc 1, it was somewhat corroded but not too severe and i got it cleaned up. one thing is it takes 3-5 minutes to warm up and/or a few quick power cycles. everything is clean and all but one of the capacitors are nichicon (ordered wrong voltage on one so i used another...
I know that some smart ppl were able to get a floppy drive working on a imac https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/51928-internal-floppy-drive-on-imac-g3-firmware-downgrade/& (rev c i think?). I was wondering if the same was possible with the irda port. I have beet thinking of getting...
I have a heavily beaten up imac g4 17in usb 2 that i got for 25 dollars. I suspect that there is no 5 volts. The light on the bottom of the motherboard and the fan turn on when the power button is pressed. Does anyone have a schematic cause id rather try and fix it than shell out 100 dollars for...