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SiliconValleyPirate
Junior Member
United Kingdom
273 Posts |
 Posted - 10 Jul 2002 : 07:24:06
I have just aquired a PB 180c. It's as dead as a door-nail but it looks in good internal shape. Any ideas what could have rengered it so? I'm just looking for a list of suggestions to try, otherwise I'll just sling it in a corner until I can get around to either parting it out or I need parts for another PowerBook like it.--
Mark Benson FlatPackMacs http://fpm.gotdns.com 2nd Lieutenant - 68kMLA, LC Quartermaster
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thelip
Full Member
USA
729 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2002 : 11:53:48
What are the symptoms? dings, no display, harddrive noise, etc? As far as ideas, i have a working 165 that i can't seem to find any use for. I don't have a battery or i'd use it at school. _______________________
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950 division
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SiliconValleyPirate
Junior Member
United Kingdom
273 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2002 : 15:42:28
Absolutely Zip. The machine does not repond to continual pressing of the power button, battery or non, or pressing of the reset/programmers switches, or frantic leyboard input. It's dead. I would jump at the chance to put something in this cute little greay case but unfortunately I am in the UK. I don't think the battery is holding charge if that helps. I have tried just about every powerbrick I can lay my hands on but non seem to inspire it to life. Any UK PB users got a 165/180 PSU I can borrow to see if it's alive?--
Mark Benson FlatPackMacs http://fpm.gotdns.com 2nd Lieutenant - 68kMLA, LC Quartermaster
Flat Packing Macs for 68k MLA airlift excercises
Macs Liberated = 14! |
G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2002 : 15:54:47
Have you tried an appropriate powerbrick with the battery removed? If the battery is total internally shorted it would prevent any power from getting to the machine.G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
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aftermac
New Member
USA
80 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jul 2002 : 21:25:44
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Absolutely Zip. The machine does not repond to continual pressing of the power button, battery or non, or pressing of the reset/programmers switches, or frantic leyboard input. It's dead.
You say you pressed the reset and programmers switches, but did you actually go through the process of resetting the power manager? Here's a link to a place that has instructions:
http://www.westwind.com/reference/TN/PMReset.html I thought my PB 145 was dead until I did this. Aftermac A bandoned, F orgotten, T ortured, E ndangered, R etro, M acintosh, A cquisition, C ommando 5 Apples, 23 liberated 68k's, 9 contraband PPC's, and a Duo Dock |
180c corpse - any ideas?
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.