Livingroom
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Howdy folks. my wife bought me a powerbook 180 and stylewriter (with unopened ink!!!) on ebay for christmas. i was so looking forward to playing simcity on it - in monochrome! the seller said everything worked tip top, including the floppy drive. and indeed, it worked fantastically well until i put a floppy disk in the drive whereupon everything shut off and now it refuses to turn back on.
i know these 100 series powerbooks need recapping, but why would it go from 100 to 0 so fast? i ordered a cheap power supply replacement that will be here thursday, just in case. can anyone suggest what might be the cause of this blackout? i read someplace that the D15 Zener diode can cause this on the logic board. it's been 20 years since my ham radio and soldering days - i was nevery particularly good at it, that was my Dad's thing and he's had a stroke now so i can't ask him to help with a recap. are there any services/companies/people who are good at it that can fix me up?
Thank you!
i know these 100 series powerbooks need recapping, but why would it go from 100 to 0 so fast? i ordered a cheap power supply replacement that will be here thursday, just in case. can anyone suggest what might be the cause of this blackout? i read someplace that the D15 Zener diode can cause this on the logic board. it's been 20 years since my ham radio and soldering days - i was nevery particularly good at it, that was my Dad's thing and he's had a stroke now so i can't ask him to help with a recap. are there any services/companies/people who are good at it that can fix me up?
Thank you!