perez6991
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I recently got my hands on a PB 100 with the common BSOD, which meant it needed to be recapped completely. Fast forward to today and I was about done with the recap, only needing about 5 on the LB and the ones behind the display. Out of my curiosity I decided to partially assemble it and attempt to power it on to no avail the first 15-20 attempts (only a light hiss from the speaker ever so often). Then suddenly the PB springs to life, sorta. The screen had lines everywhere and the death chime would repeatedly sound but getting faster within a short period of time. About a few seconds. Pressing the reset button on the side got me a bit farther to the floppy disk screen then almost immediately to a black screen followed by static from the speaker. I'll probably record a video of it doing its thing, explaining in text is rather troublesome.
So here's what I think. Either.. I need to finish recapping the whole PB or the power supply is no longer supplying the required voltage or amps to keep the PB running.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
PS. When I first got the PowerBook it would power on with a normal chime and obviously the BSOD. The hard drive would spin up but the read head gets stuck.
So here's what I think. Either.. I need to finish recapping the whole PB or the power supply is no longer supplying the required voltage or amps to keep the PB running.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
PS. When I first got the PowerBook it would power on with a normal chime and obviously the BSOD. The hard drive would spin up but the read head gets stuck.