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Powerbook 1400 cs lcd repair
Posted by: mindingulove on 2015-05-02 21:26:40
Hello everyone

I've got a powerbook 1400 with a broken lcd panel but could not find a repair part. Any idea where I can find? Thx

Posted by: Byrd on 2015-05-02 22:53:12
... from another junker 1400cs or 1400c, they are a straight swap.  No other easy way to source the part.

Posted by: Schmoburger on 2015-05-03 03:40:38
Yep, unlikely you will find a brand new replacement part... best bet is to find a stuffed 1400 on the cheap with a good LCD and scavenge parts.

Posted by: mindingulove on 2015-05-03 10:56:12
Do you guys have a link for a site with a junk one? Could not find on eBay 🙁 and we love macs won't ship to Brazil

Posted by: mindingulove on 2015-05-03 18:13:57
Maybe There is a way for adapting an easier to find part, since this laptop is hard to find parts. Anyone have tried?

Posted by: Byrd on 2015-05-04 03:51:19
Not possible sorry - the connectors, timings, etc are all different across most LCDs.  Do you have a part no for the LCD, it might glean more info if it was also used say in a Toshiba 🙂

Posted by: galgot on 2015-05-04 05:33:06
PB 1400c use Sharp LQ1142 11.3" screen. You can find some alone on the bay, but not cheap.

Don't know in what other machine it's been used...

Posted by: Elfen on 2015-05-04 09:49:30
Too bad. I have a Simasima 1400, and it turns out that the 1400 is OK, its the LCD Screen that is Simasima. I would love to fix that one day. 

Posted by: mindingulove on 2015-05-04 20:55:51
Galgot is right that's the display. Isn't the same as PowerBook 520? Passive matrix display ? Maybe interchangeable

Yeah mine is all good except from the lcd and it turned really hard to find. The only lcd on eBay its very expensive

Posted by: techknight on 2015-06-03 13:53:57
I have a spare 1400 active matrix display assembly. I may even have two, I gotta check.

Posted by: tanuki65 on 2015-06-03 14:19:19
I might want one!

Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2015-06-03 14:43:50
If he hasn't got one, I know I do. My (Procrastination Plagued Project) Pile-o-1400s stretches approx 30" across the bottom of a bookshelf. The limiting factor is the Cracked Lid Coefficient, so if your lid is good, I know I've (at the very least) got a cs LCD replacement for you, if not a borked c lid for a full swapout upgrade.

Offer in PM welcome, dunno what they're worth on eBay, but the toy account could always use a bit of help. Debit to Credit Ratio is almost as abysmal as my procrastination prone turnaround times. [😉] ]'>

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