101 uses for a dead G4 PowerBook

[James Sentman]

On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:28 PM, Christian Boyce wrote:

> Actually, it's not really dead. The problem is that the AC adapter 
> broke its little pin off inside the PowerBook, and I can't get it out. 
> Apparently the female end is soldered to the logic board so the repair 
> is about $800. That's nice.
>

$800 Pah, even if you need to replace the entire power board you can 
get that part yourself from an outfit like http://www.pbparts.com/ for 
around $100 bucks.

Course it will take you a week to get the computer apart and back 
together again. If you don't have the take apart docs for the specific 
powerbook model search around or ask back here as I'm sure someone has 
them. You will not be successful in replacing the part without this 
document. ;)

You can't take the screen off and make anything else drive it LCD's 
aren't like TV's or monitors, you have to have a very specific driver 
chip, there isn't any "video" signal going to it that you can tap into 
and make go to something else.

-James