I got my PowerBook 180 in the mail yesterday and opened it up as I noticed the trackball needed cleaning. Inside I found two stickers from previous repairs in '93 and a bunch of ancient battery acid stuck to the case, which I scraped away using an X-Acto knife.
There's at least one bodge here- looks like the FPC cable for the battery thermistor was torn at one point and fixed by soldering wires to the remaining cable. I removed the unnecessary remnant of the FPC so it won't catch on the daughterboard.
I'm curious to know what repair shop or chain worked on this machine previously.
There's at least one bodge here- looks like the FPC cable for the battery thermistor was torn at one point and fixed by soldering wires to the remaining cable. I removed the unnecessary remnant of the FPC so it won't catch on the daughterboard.
I'm curious to know what repair shop or chain worked on this machine previously.
