This is how my PowerBook 145B screen looks like:
From what I've been reading about PowerBook screens I think that all those "weird" lines in the screens and faded parts are due to bad capacitors, am I right?
But what about that black part in the top-left side of the screen?? That doesn't...
Last week I got a non-working Powerbook 145b for 20€ (~23USD).
The first thing I did was to test the power supply, which was giving a good 7.8V.
I saw that the battery was still in place and I feared the worst. When I took it out my suspicions were confirmed: corrosion.
It was looking...
Hi.
Got a Powerbook 180 and it is not showing anything on the screen:
I've searched in the forum and I've found this user with the same issue:
I've also read that it may be an issue with bad capacitors and I have seen some people replacing the caps in other Powerbooks of the 100s...