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| Click here to select a new forum. | | PB 180! | Posted by: insaneboy on 2011-02-02 14:16:14
I got one! YAY!
HDD is dead, no battery, no rear door, screen has vignetting and only 4MB RAM... but it's got a clean case, no cracks and it boots off the floppy drive. This thing looks barely used, palm area and mouse buttons don't show any wear.
best part was the price $0 🙂
oddity, I just noticed, if I push on the palm rest area it cuts the power... time to investigate! (was planning on opining it up any how to see if maybe I got lucky and the HDD was just disconnected or something.
| Posted by: IIfx on 2011-02-02 15:10:35
If you look in the powerbook forum, in the "Dead PB170 LCD Display" thread I made, someone replied about replacing capacitors to fix the screen vignetting.
You cant beat that price!
| Posted by: insaneboy on 2011-02-02 15:23:18
think this one is a bad screen, it was dark before I even turned it on.
| Posted by: insaneboy on 2011-02-02 15:37:42
opened, no HDD at all, screws around the cage are missing and there is a loose ground that was near the SCSI connector, possibly making contact with it (could be why pushing down in that area it shut off) :-/
Guess I need a parts machine now
| Posted by: insaneboy on 2011-02-03 12:50:27
woo, maybe. found another 180, doesn't turn on, but its complete has a case, battery conditioner etc. also free (but need to pay for shipping) hopefully this one will have a functioning HDD :lol: At the very least it should have those missing internal screws.
| Posted by: insaneboy on 2011-02-10 09:12:41
Of course, this one was even more disasembled than the last, no HDD, no case screws, but I have 1/2 the internal screws I was looking for xx(
But it does turn on with the battery in it, maybe the battery actually holds a slight charge still and the aftermarket power adaptor doesn't have enough oomph for a 180
in any case it's got a perfect screen in it! so at least I'm good there 🙂
| Posted by: IIfx on 2011-02-10 13:57:35
Of course, this one was even more disasembled than the last, no HDD, no case screws, but I have 1/2 the internal screws I was looking for xx(
But it does turn on with the battery in it, maybe the battery actually holds a slight charge still and the aftermarket power adaptor doesn't have enough oomph for a 180
in any case it's got a perfect screen in it! so at least I'm good there 🙂 Sounds like my luck with powerbooks, only not in the 190/5300 series. I had 5 duds, 2 working.
The 2 working died within a year.
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