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| Click here to select a new forum. | | PowerBook 165 AC Adapter for Macintosh Portable? | Posted by: ktkm on 2019-06-26 08:47:38
Is the PowerBook 165 adapter equivalent to the Macintosh Portable adapter and vice versa?
| Posted by: CC_333 on 2019-06-26 10:00:23
No! It is not!! :O
Using a PowerBook 165 adapter may work temporarily, but there's a good chance that doing so will cause damage to the power circuits on the Portable's logic board.
The reason for this is the Portable is designed to run only off the main battery, and the proper Portable adapter is, in effect, a trickle charger for the main battery so it maintains a full charge while the Portable is in use. This is why they won't power on without a functional main battery installed, even if the (proper) adapter is plugged in.
That being said, it is strongly recommended that you use ONLY the proper adapter and fully charged battery (which is easier said than done, as many original batteries are now dead and need to be rebuilt with new cells).
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| Posted by: ktkm on 2019-06-26 10:52:15
Pew, thanks I’ll stick to the original adapter then! 🙂
The Portable battery has been rebuilt, and the board recapped, I just taught I could put an old 165 adapter to good use.
/K
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