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Yes I did. I will either replace a lot of chips on it, including the ones that are said to be a common problem, or give it away.

I should try this, and clean the dust under the front screen part. What about crack lines on the white translucent plastic, can they be fixed?

Found the pic.

Just wondering, I see ibook G3 clamshell batteries are for sale new on ebay, would these batteries be old stock that need their cells revived? I got a replacement battery for my thinkpad T22 and the replacement did 30 secs on a full charge. Also, what about the battery controller in the...

Could not help my self once again, I don't have a picture of it since I didn't save one, the ad got took down. It looked flawless on the ad, not yellow at all and not missing any bits but expansion brackets, (I believe a card is installed in the top slot). It has been paid for and will be sent...

Isn't the HDD a 50-pin SCSI in these machines?

It makes me fear for the future of these particular powerbook's with monochrome LCDs. It was a nightmare opening the 145b, plastic just broke everywhere trying to get to the panel, snapped the ribbon cable, I got real lucky with my 180 though. I got my 180 from a teacher at my former high...

Forgot to clean the top board as seen in photo 4 down from the top. Cannot delete bottom duplicate photo for some odd reason. It was working when I plugged it in after who knows how long, then it powered down and I couldn't power it on again, its been bad ever since, even after recap. PSU is...

What a shame, you could probably sell that panel to compensate for a 2nd hand one like this: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Apple-M5343-Macintosh-PowerBook-G3-Lombard-14-LCD-Display-Screen-Assembly-OEM/332147607322?epid=1700260106&hash=item4d558a471a:g:Hj4AAOSwOgdYvxeL AlphineRaven said they...

Thanks for the help, its great to have my first working 68k laptop. I will check if the RAM module was the problem tomorrow. I hope it works, not sure why 4 chips have a shiny surface.

Managed to get the system enabler file to a floppy, then to the LC to extract, then back to the PC to compile a 7.1 disk. Will try once its written. I should learn how to use mini vmac.

Cheers, Ill try it in the next 15 min.

Insides look fine, this happens after a new HDD, no RAM expansion module and a clean of the PCB near the zener diode area. Happens with or without 145B bootdisk or any other bootdisk (only tried 7.1 disks).

Got my 180 today, very cheap with a lot of stuff in a bag, coincidentally came from a teacher at my old school. It just has a movable cursor and a warping noise like a sci-fi teleporter. A working floppy bootdisk did nothing. Got spare parts for it though. Will upload pictures once I open it...

My family and friends absolutely hate my mac collection hobby. When my desk and chair isn't occupied with them, my bed is, floor always is, car is serving as computer space too. I really like my ibook G4, it was from AlphineRaven and serves as my classic game machine, with games such as aoeII...

Also, I wouldnt snip any wires until you are 100% sure it will fit, just in case you have to send it back.

I got the LG Philips panel, does this hitachi panel have the same specs and connector as the one I have? Should be able to check online.

Probably on Sunday or Monday ill look into it, I really need to look into circuit diagrams again, didn't pay much attention in class.

While I did swab under the caps, I didn't clean it properly, I shall look around the area and report my findings when I resume working on it.