tomlee59
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So a friend of a friend hears that I'm wacky for macs, and gives me a dead clamshell ibook that he had gotten from still someone else long ago, thinking he'd get around to fixing it some day. Well, he's getting ready to move, and has decided that he's never going to fix it. "Besides, I'd never be caught dead in public actually carrying one."
Got home, plugged it in. Nothing. Jiggled the power connector, no joy. Checked the adapter; it's dead. Tried new adapter, still no joy. Jiggled the connector; bingo! - got it to behave intermittently.
After tearing into it to fix the standard loose power connector problem (using the "manhandle shortcut" to save time), discovered it had an Airport card (!). After the fix, it's running 10.3 like a champ (well, as much of one that a 300MHz ibook can).
Got home, plugged it in. Nothing. Jiggled the power connector, no joy. Checked the adapter; it's dead. Tried new adapter, still no joy. Jiggled the connector; bingo! - got it to behave intermittently.
After tearing into it to fix the standard loose power connector problem (using the "manhandle shortcut" to save time), discovered it had an Airport card (!). After the fix, it's running 10.3 like a champ (well, as much of one that a 300MHz ibook can).