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| Click here to select a new forum. | | iBook G3 DC-In Board | Posted by: harrymatic on 2010-10-09 05:42:38
Having recently acquired an old iBook G3 Dual USB (with many faults) I have been doing it up gradually. One of these faults is the DC-in board. The AC adaptor doesn't charge the battery or start the iBook either. For power, I've been swapping batteries in and out of my other fully working iBook.
Anyway, I came here to ask if it is possible to repair the DC-In board? I have experience with soldering and electronics and I would prefer to repair it than splash out the cash on a new one.
Many thanks.
| Posted by: Dog Cow on 2010-12-18 14:26:17
Probably so. I have a bad feeling that I managed to fry the DC board on the white iBook G3 that I got today less than 30 minutes after having taken it out of the box. (Yeah, I'm that good)
Anyway, gave it the sniff test and I smelt what I believe is ozone. Or whatever that smell is that blown-up electronics make. Without looking, I think it's a capacitor that blewup, something easy to replace. Or maybe I got lucky and blew a fuse.
Anyway, I need to figure out how to open this iBook first.
| Posted by: Dog Cow on 2010-12-18 14:52:34
plugged it in, there was sharp crackle from the DC socket and the light on the plug did not light up. There was a smell of burnt electronic component or PCB (printed circuit board) coming from the socket This was my exact same experience.
Repairing a faulty DC-in board on an iBook G3
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