Hi folks,
Back around 2016, my beloved PowerBook G4 12" fell off a table and the inner pin from the PSU cable broke, falling into the PBook's case. I took it apart to remove it, which was successful, but when reassembling, I found the LHS heatsink screw was stripped.
(I marked half the top to prove it wasn't spinning instead). I think I may have a possible solution. It's crude. I think that I can construct a metal brace running along from under the frame at the right-hand edge of the heatsink to under the frame at the LHS screw, because it's possible to fit a piece of metal under there.
The key thing IMHO would be to prevent the brace from buckling while pressure is applied equivalent to that of the original bolt and also be able to adjust it. Any ideas?
The second thing is to remove the thermal paste on the CPU before getting some more and reapplying the right amount correctly.
How do I do that?
-cheers from Julz
Back around 2016, my beloved PowerBook G4 12" fell off a table and the inner pin from the PSU cable broke, falling into the PBook's case. I took it apart to remove it, which was successful, but when reassembling, I found the LHS heatsink screw was stripped.
(I marked half the top to prove it wasn't spinning instead). I think I may have a possible solution. It's crude. I think that I can construct a metal brace running along from under the frame at the right-hand edge of the heatsink to under the frame at the LHS screw, because it's possible to fit a piece of metal under there.
The key thing IMHO would be to prevent the brace from buckling while pressure is applied equivalent to that of the original bolt and also be able to adjust it. Any ideas?
The second thing is to remove the thermal paste on the CPU before getting some more and reapplying the right amount correctly.
How do I do that?
-cheers from Julz
