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Hi, I noticed I couldn't take out the battery in my 540c, so I took apart the case and found that the main battery had leaked pretty badly in the bay. I'm wondering if there is a way to clean up the corrosion and and stuff. Searching around I found articles and tutorials for alkaline batteries...

I'm working on refurbishing an SE Superdrive for my friend, but came across what I worry might be some corrosion at the base of the power supply. This is in the left front of the machine just behind the contrast knob (which is visible in the picture) Link to full sized...

Hi all, I am finally working to recap/restore my Classic II that has been out of commission for the last 8 years, using it as practice to refurbish the rest of my collection. The Classic II had weak sound and stopped booting a number of years ago but I have some newbie questions for the...

Hi all, At work I have a 3 monitor setup (MB Air screen + DVI display + USB Displaylink) and was wondering if there was a way to recreate that on a midrange PPC PowerBook (eg 2300/5300, 1400, 2400/3400). I might be able to do it with 2 NuBus video cards in a Duo Dock II for the 2300. I have a...

Hi all, I had a little trouble booting my PowerBook 2400c tonight, though I did get it to boot normally. However, I detected a faint burning smell and now the area around the power plug has a strong chemical odor (hoped it was just the battery). Oddly enough the smell reminds me of some paints...

Just bought a 512k off of craigslist for $25. Pretty complete, with ImageWriter I, external 400k floppy drive, MS Flight Sim, Mac Paint and Mac Word, docs, etc... The machine itself is in great shape, except for being a tad dusty. It boots up happily to the question mark screen, but I cannot...

I was taking apart my old Duo Dock 1 the other day when I remembered that the PCB board says "Gemini" where the AAUI connecter would go. Is this true on all duo dock 1's? I thought it was unusual that Apple would put the codename in a production unit.

Hi, I saw a post about recelling a 500 series intelligent battery and it got me wondering if anyone has had any luck with recelling a Duo's NIMH battery. I love my 2300c to death, but 45 to 60 minutes of battery life makes it difficult to be anything more than not productive (although i am...

After months and months of waiting, I broke down and bought an LC off craigslist. It is the original LC. When I checked it out, i heard the startup chime, but the seller didn't have a monitor to show me it worked. I brought it home and plugged in my Macintosh Color Monitor and it booted up to...