just.in.time
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Lucked out and picked up a PowerBook 5300ce from my local Craigslist earlier today. The price was nice, at a fair $50. The RAM is maxed at 64mb, and the original 1.1 gb hard drive seems to work okay. The battery tries to charge but just gets incredibly toasty. No corrosion whatsoever, so that was a pleasant surprise. I'm going to try to rebuild the battery. Plastics and hinges still seem good. But I'll never be closing it again so that's really a mute point.
Only area where it needs some work (aside from battery) is the DC power jack. It can be a little touchy (much like my old 5300cs was, ironically enough). Does anyone have any advice for repairing that jack? I'm planning to just resolder it down. If anything else more involved is needed I may start a thread for it in the PPC PowerBook forum.
Since my first Macintosh was a PowerBook 5300cs (owned 2001 to 2005), I figured it would be nice to have a 5300 series system again Of course now I have to sell a machine to make room.
Only area where it needs some work (aside from battery) is the DC power jack. It can be a little touchy (much like my old 5300cs was, ironically enough). Does anyone have any advice for repairing that jack? I'm planning to just resolder it down. If anything else more involved is needed I may start a thread for it in the PPC PowerBook forum.
Since my first Macintosh was a PowerBook 5300cs (owned 2001 to 2005), I figured it would be nice to have a 5300 series system again Of course now I have to sell a machine to make room.