LCARS
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I could use some advice on how to get an unusual 170 running again. About a month ago, I won a JLPGA PowerBook 170 only to receive a badly damaged unit. The screen module is fine but the CPU case and bottom plate are cracked, split, and fractured. It is also missing the port door and color-matched feet. The screw anchors have snapped so the logic board connectors are all dislodged. It won't power up completely but the HD spins up and hums along quietly at least and it has maximum RAM.
I acquired this PowerBook specifically to use at home and on the go in wacky colorful '92 style, so I would like to repair it. What would the collective mind here do in this situation? Swap the monitor onto a functional 170 body and be content with a colorful screen on a grey body? Look for a 3D printer company to reproduce the damaged parts? Devise a way to color a standard 170 body myself? Something I haven't thought of in my disappointed stupor?
I imagine, assuming the board connections are good, that replacement caps will fix the boot failure problem (no POST chime, either)?
I acquired this PowerBook specifically to use at home and on the go in wacky colorful '92 style, so I would like to repair it. What would the collective mind here do in this situation? Swap the monitor onto a functional 170 body and be content with a colorful screen on a grey body? Look for a 3D printer company to reproduce the damaged parts? Devise a way to color a standard 170 body myself? Something I haven't thought of in my disappointed stupor?
I imagine, assuming the board connections are good, that replacement caps will fix the boot failure problem (no POST chime, either)?