Ok, so I'm not quite sure where to start on this project. I recently bought a busted 170 from eBay, from what it looks like it was used overseas by the government because it has a bunch of declassified stickers and a TON of sand in it. Of course it didn't boot on my first attempt, so I opened it...
Last week, I bought a powerbook 5300cs that wouldn't power up, according to the owner, for $5 locally. Figured it just needed a new power jack. Turns out pressing the reset button would sometimes yield a green light only, a chime and then freezing, or just some noise from the speakers. I took...