Opening an ibook g3 yoyo charger

[Jon183]

Hi everyone, I have no idea how to open my charger for my newly acquired ibook g3 tangerine. I plugged it into my ibook then powerbook g3 lombard and they didn't charge, so I stripped the wires and tested voltage, it was very low.   

 

[Byrd]

I'd suggest you don't crack it open, as you'll never get it looking good again.  I'm yet to find a yoyo charger that lasts the distance - even when they were new they always blew and arced, in my experience of having come across a good dozen of them.

Either keep it for looks, find a cheap replacement, or one of the generic dirty cheap eBay chargers work quite well.

 

[IlikeTech]

You could buy a later white brick I think.

They should be very cheap and genuine apple.

 

[Jon183]

A replacement one is on its way. Looks are gone since I removed the cable and its parts to test it.

 

[CC_333]

I've cracked a few open to repair broken cables, and while they're no longer perfect, they still look more or less okay to me. At least they work now!

Of course, they were all scratched and scuffed up to begin with, so there was no incentive to keep them looking pristine (because they weren't).

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