I got this back at the beginning of 2015, but I thought I'd share it here now.
I bought a 99 cent 400 MHz PowerBook G4 off eBay that was billed as not working. The pictures weren't very good, but it looked like the hinges weren't cracked, so I bought it hoping that the issue was a dead pram battery.
When it arrived, I plugged it in and tried to start it, and as the description said, nothing happened. Before I ripped it apart to unplug the pram battery, I thought to try a power cord I knew was working. And it fired right up!
Even better, the case was in really nice shape! The only major thing I replaced was the bottom panel, which was peeling apart. I scavenged an AirPort card and 512 MB of RAM from a broken TiBook I have, along with the keyboard (the original keyboard worked and was in nice shape, it was just dirty and I didn't feel like cleaning it.)
There is a small crack under the DVD drive, but it is almost invisible. Other than that, my 99 cent PowerBook is great! I even get ~3 hrs of battery life!
I bought a 99 cent 400 MHz PowerBook G4 off eBay that was billed as not working. The pictures weren't very good, but it looked like the hinges weren't cracked, so I bought it hoping that the issue was a dead pram battery.
When it arrived, I plugged it in and tried to start it, and as the description said, nothing happened. Before I ripped it apart to unplug the pram battery, I thought to try a power cord I knew was working. And it fired right up!
Even better, the case was in really nice shape! The only major thing I replaced was the bottom panel, which was peeling apart. I scavenged an AirPort card and 512 MB of RAM from a broken TiBook I have, along with the keyboard (the original keyboard worked and was in nice shape, it was just dirty and I didn't feel like cleaning it.)
There is a small crack under the DVD drive, but it is almost invisible. Other than that, my 99 cent PowerBook is great! I even get ~3 hrs of battery life!
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