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    Duo 230c Heating up - battery short?

    i had the same problem its probably the capacitors leaking and burning the chips below the board. they should be replaced
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    When to give up on a 1.44MB floppy drive

    im having the same problem with my iici, lc, iisi floppy drives. the more modern ones work like the performa ones
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    Powerbook 160/ 165 capacitors

    i mean i had a 180 that had a tunnel screen and one that was completely fried so the activematrix screens that tunnel make these useless in my opinion 
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    mac iici unfixable?

    i have some other ram from a iisi that wouldn't work. i dont have any experience with soldering, i have a steady hand but dont have a idea about circuit boards. and work a lot so I think it would go to a pro. since it at least turns on should i cover the copper traces with tape or soak the board...
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    Sad Mac on Performa 635CD

    yah that happened to me when i was little. it probably is the capacitors inside the performa or the ram. just take some pics of the inside of the computer mabie somebody knows. 
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    mac iici unfixable?

    f☆☆k you battery!!! who leaves a battery in a computer since 1991?  
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    mac iici unfixable?

    well it's not even turning on anymore so i guess sending the computer off to get recapped may just get it to turn back on and nothing else... getting another motherboard for thisis going to be expensive. any suggestions?
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    mac iici unfixable?

    do you think its still fixable? i just turned it on it  does spin the hard drive, the light turns on and the screen output is just white. one of the ram cards were so corroded i had to throw it out.  its crazy this thing turns on. can bare traces be fixed? well after 5 minutes its dead. wow...
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    mac iici unfixable?

    so this iici turns on but has no sound and had a battery leak. i cleaned off some of it and heres is the pictures. is it fixable at this point? some of the green that goes over the traces came off when cleaning. i hope that wont desrroy it. Thanks 
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    PowerBook 100 series screen vignetting

    this is common on active matrix screens and nothing you can do about it except get a new screen. there's posts on here about putting it in the oven but i never did it. 
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    Should it be recapped?

    I got a leftover picture from that board. I gave up and tossed the board. Hope this helps if it dont theres a post on here about the types of caps for it
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    Corroded Chip

    The capacitor next to it is leaking badly
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    DON’T TALK TO ME OR MY SON EVER AGAIN

    No offense but you have counterfeit granite countertops. Still look nice though.
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    Opening Powerbook adapter

    Well i just got it open! Used my hands and a screwdriver like suggested above. Wow its leaking so bad it smells horrible and its literally a pool of cap goo! Thanks for the suggestions!
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    Re-capping IIsi problems....

    It probably wont work. I tried it didnt work but theres a pop when it starts up. 
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    Connor Mac Portable 3045 40MB Drives

    How did you get the  goo off it? I have one that i put black tape on the rubber bumpers and all it does is spin. Wont even work! 
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    Re-capping IIsi problems....

    Im dealing with same thing. Same screen and no sound. No broken traces. Mabie the leaking capacitors short out the chips or something? 
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    Mac IIsi repair attempt, take 2

    This is exactly what im dealing with. Any update?
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    Mac iisi monitor problem

    I tried all that its definetely messed up. No broken traces and the board cant be any cleaner.  The only thing i can think is it had really bad leakage before the previous owner recapped it and shorted out the rom chips or something. I dont want to keep spending money on this thing lol. The...
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    Mac iisi monitor problem

    Its been cleaned almost 10 times since i had it and whoever had it before really cleaned the board and recapped it. Same thing if i remove all the ram. If it has 1mb on the logic board why wont it boot? The rom chips are on the board to. Theres no sound at all the speaker just pops when turning...
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