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PowerBook 3400 small popping noise when plugged in
Posted by: RetroTechTom on 2026-06-06 18:40:04
Last month I recently got a decent PowerBook 3400c (I don't know the specs of it yet)

When I plug it a known good charger it's making a small popping noise and yes I did remove the VARTA PRAM battery from it that didn't leak inside of it thankfully

So the popping noise would be related to bad capacitorsb1225b5e-ff1b-485a-a1b1-efa6b02554fa.jpg
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