101 uses for a dead G4 PowerBook

[James Sentman]

On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:53 PM, Chester Lapeza wrote:

> I had this happen to my wife's iBook. You could just look inside the  
> socket and see the little pin staring back at you, but completely  
> unreachable by any means, right? The power adapter plug is toast, all  
> that's left is a bent sleeve and a wisp of wire sticking out, right?  
> This is salvageable. (Now you just have to hope the socket itself is  
> OK, with no broken leads or solder points...)
>
> You need a tiny set of alligator forceps, like these :
> http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/hemostat-forcep-alligator/ 
> BBB45
>
> Ask a friendly medical-type to borrow a pair. Every ER has them  
> readily available for removing Q-tip cotton tips or bugs or beads out  
> of people's ears / noses / etc. Get the tiniest you can find. It'll  
> take you all of 30 seconds to get that pin out.
>

But of course, before you buy new parts and waste a lot of time, get a  
set of these! Great new excuse for obscure tools!!!

-James