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    Macintosh Portable seems to be fully working, what shall I do to prevent some failures?

    Ok, so this is the motherboard, I don't know if there are some caps in bad state, would love to receive your help if possible haha
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    Macintosh Portable seems to be fully working, what shall I do to prevent some failures?

    How can I clean the corrosion if present? Just brushing around the caps?
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    Macintosh Portable seems to be fully working, what shall I do to prevent some failures?

    Thanks again for the answer. That makes sense, will check the rollers. I hope to find someone in the area who can recap that board, I've read that recapping a Portable it's pretty a pain lmao
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    Macintosh Portable seems to be fully working, what shall I do to prevent some failures?

    Thanks for the answer. Since I don't literally know how to use a soldering iron I'll just find a good pal to do the trick here in Italy, do you think it's unsafe to use the laptop a few times before the recap? I'm just addicted to it... Anyway, I've found that the trackball isn't working, the...
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    Macintosh Portable seems to be fully working, what shall I do to prevent some failures?

    Hi there, I've just bought a like new Mac Portable from an old couple, bought a 6v 4.5ah battery and it boots into his original hdd. How can I check if there are some capacitors in a not so good state to prevent some future inconveniences? Thanks! I'm afraid to open it up since it seems to work...
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