She's Dead Jim.

[iMac600]

A few months back the connector of my AC adaptor snapped clean off at the tip inside the machine, and today I finally got around to servicing it.

The machine is in awful shape, the AC board is fried, the broken tip has damaged the pins inside the connector and now one of the traces has lifted from the AC board.

It's a Dead Wallstreet. It'll need a new AC board assembly in order to work, plus a new AC adapter altogether. I'm thinking about just parting it out now as I don't want another Apple PowerBook. It's a real shame as well, i'd just bumped the RAM up to 128mb and upgraded to the 292mhz 1MB L2 Cache CPU for Panther. Looks like it wasn't meant to be.

Along with this the 1400cs and Duo 280 will also be going as I can't finance another AC adaptor for either of them.

What frustrates me is that this was my 17th attempt at getting a working laptop computer for either light web browsing and IRC, and once again it's failed. 17 seems like an exaggeration, but it's not. I just don't have luck with Apple PowerBooks. That said I would like to get a MacBook as they have finally ditched the god-awful headphone jack connector.

 

[Byrd]

Based on the condition of the AC/DC board, I'm surprised it worked for as long as it did. It's a knowingly dodgy part, if it's a machine you like why not sell off other stuff and make the investment in a known working AC/DC board?

Third-party power bricks are also much cheaper and reliable than the Apple yoyo adapter. I've had about four die on me now

JB

 

[iMac600]

Oh, I do enjoy the PowerBook G3 series and may even consider fixing this one, or at least using the parts to refurb another one.

I'll see how it goes.

 

[Phreakinus]

Does the screen work? If so, I might be interested in buying it.

Actually nevermind... I forgot you're in Australia

 

[coius]

if you are going to part it out, i would be willing to pay the shipping costs plus the price of the part for the 292MHz CPU. i got a 266Mhz Wallstreet that could use an upgrade. It's a Wallstreet II (PDQ) but I don't know if it will work...

 

[Byrd]

Sadly won't work coius - the 292Mhz 1MB cache only works in WSI models; putting it in a WSII/PDQ results in a very lifeless Mac ...

JB

 

[macgreg]

iMac600,

I am in Perth and have a few options for you:

1) Toshiba 400CS laptop (PI 75 MHz, 40 MB RAM, 800MB HDD, FDD, CD-ROM), you would probably want to run Win98 on it (maybe NT);

2) "Parts" of a PowerBook G3 333MHz - let me know what parts you need (I have no idea if they will be compatible). As far as I can tell everything apart from the LCD is good.

Let me know if you are interested. Not interested in money - just cover the cost of postage

 

[Christopher]

That said I would like to get a MacBook as they have finally ditched the god-awful headphone jack connector.

It actually looks more like a big composite video plug.

 

[iMac600]

Macgreg, i'd most certainly be interested in that G3 333 if the LCD's were interchangeable from a Wallstreet as mine still works perfectly.

Anyone know if the Wallstreet LCD would work on a Lombard? At the moment it doesn't look like it but i'll ask anyway.

 

[Patrickool93]

It actually looks more like a big composite video plug.

It actually is a 3.5mm headphone connector though. They put a collar around it to keep people from plugging it into stereo equipment/stability.