AndyO
Well-known member
I seem to be collecting 100-series PowerBooks at present!
I just acquired a 165 which was sold as dead, and I wanted a few spares so I bought it. When it was delivered, I was surprised to find that with my new power adapter it booted without a problem. However, the screen is definitely not happy.
When set to black and white, and with a light desktop, it is just about OK, though there is a bit of visible slow rippling/flickering. When it has a dark desktop, or is set to greyscale, the image on screen inverts, and the slow rippling/flickering is very noticeable. The brightness and contrast controls don't really help, though they do work.
There are no apparent aberrations on the screen such as dark lines etc, and I assume the issue is most likely to be that the display needs recapping. Not that I have ever done this, or even know how to take it apart, but if this does sound like a recap task, does anyone have a list of the caps I need, and where to get them from?
I do have a soldering iron. I'm not very competent with it, and it's probably not that well suited to fine work. However I'm inclined to give it a go if I can get the parts, not least because I wasn't expecting the laptop to work at all, so it seems a good thing to try and preserve it in working condition instead of turn it into a pile of parts.
I just acquired a 165 which was sold as dead, and I wanted a few spares so I bought it. When it was delivered, I was surprised to find that with my new power adapter it booted without a problem. However, the screen is definitely not happy.
When set to black and white, and with a light desktop, it is just about OK, though there is a bit of visible slow rippling/flickering. When it has a dark desktop, or is set to greyscale, the image on screen inverts, and the slow rippling/flickering is very noticeable. The brightness and contrast controls don't really help, though they do work.
There are no apparent aberrations on the screen such as dark lines etc, and I assume the issue is most likely to be that the display needs recapping. Not that I have ever done this, or even know how to take it apart, but if this does sound like a recap task, does anyone have a list of the caps I need, and where to get them from?
I do have a soldering iron. I'm not very competent with it, and it's probably not that well suited to fine work. However I'm inclined to give it a go if I can get the parts, not least because I wasn't expecting the laptop to work at all, so it seems a good thing to try and preserve it in working condition instead of turn it into a pile of parts.