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    jmacz replied to the thread jmacz journey.
    The center clutch cover on the PowerBook Duos is listed as a disposable part that should be replaced when the PowerBook Duo is serviced...
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    Decided against it as I didn't want to shove another board in there right now. Considered designing a new inverter board altogether with...
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    I've got a broken CCFL tube for a 540c. I took the measurements of both the working one (from a Sharp LCD), another working one (from a...
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    jmacz replied to the thread jmacz journey.
    @3lectr1cPPC, got some pictures of the PowerBook Duo 2300c for your site. Note that for the logic board, you list one 33uf 25V. There...
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    jmacz replied to the thread Powerbook 540c Resurrection.
    Possible.
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    jmacz replied to the thread Powerbook 540c Resurrection.
    I cut two of them open, they are dry. Tightly packed roll/layers of black stuff inside, but dry.
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    jmacz replied to the thread Powerbook 540c Resurrection.
    I've been working on piecing together 4 more 5xx series PowerBooks from various working/not-working machines I picked up a couple weeks...
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    jmacz replied to the thread Mac IIci with a working Quantum HD.
    If it didn't come with one, a cache card noticeable improves performance. That said, I still only run 7.1 on my 68030 based machines...
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    jmacz replied to the thread jmacz journey.
    Ooooh... got in for the edit before the edit option disappeared :) haha..
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    jmacz replied to the thread jmacz journey.
    I probably should not have, but I picked up a PowerBook 540c (dead), a PowerBook 520c (working), a PowerBook 520c (dead), a PowerBook...
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    jmacz replied to the thread Powerbook 540c Whitewashed Screen.
    Depending on which LCD you have, the Sharp one has a bunch of caps that need to be replaced.
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