Correct PRAM battery for 500 Mhz 17" G4 Ti PB

No they aren't (presume you mean a 15" 500mhz), they are a custom battery, around £70 + delivery. VIS are quoting 12 days to get hold of one (part number 922-4361).

Jon B wrote:

No they aren't (presume you mean a 15" 500mhz), they are a custom battery, around £70 + delivery. VIS are quoting 12 days to get hold of one (part number 922-4361).

Where *are* the PRAM batteries in TiBooks? I have a 667 which might last a while longer (if I gat a new main battery) but I've enver seen where the PRAM battery lives.

Its completely different.

Under the DVD AFAIR.

Could I suggest you don't try to fit this yourself? You seem not to know what computer you are going to be working on and that's somewhat important. Its not a trivial fit.

So not trivial, as you say.

Google would have found you the answer, so I assumed you really didn't know what you were talking about. My bad.

Is replacing a PRAM battery in a 1.67GHz PB more difficult than replacing the HDD in a ckamshell iBook?

In terms of steps, its comparable. Doing so without leaving marks is more difficult, so unless you want someone moaning, let them know there is a possibility of cosmetic damage.

Sorry, but of late I've been getting the "my <insert model here> won't start up" which upon further investigation becomes "I was replacing the <insert part here> and now it won't start up" phone calls. Makes me assume people are less than capable unless proven otherwise.

Have a look through the appropriate guide and make your own mind up - I'd probably go for it.

<http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/>

The Pismo , Lombard and Wall Street was the height of Apple's laptop design in many respects. The TiBooks are faily easy to work on. The Powerbook 12" and 15" Alu are a right bitch; the 17" is fairly pleasant.

Quite, it isn't DVD drive out of a 12" PB difficult, but it isn't G4 tower easy either.

Well it makes it yet another custom battery for that model, still not a pretty price.

<http://www.applemacparts.co.uk/>

They don't currently list the 1.67 17" battery but they do for other models, I do have another UK supplier but you can't buy direct. --
Jon B
Above email address IS valid.
<http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.

Previously, Jon B wrote:

Yes but you've also tackled replacing a hinge in an iBook, a task many would run away from ;) it is obviously do-able, just as Bonge Boo states, not really a job for a novice.

That did age me somewhat! Mind you, the dear old thing is still running along nicely so it was worth the effort.

Doing better than me. Last week I killed a computer while fixing it, for the first time ever. Went in to bolt the hinge back together, and now it doesn't boot. Embarassing. Admittedly a shonky old cheapy P3 laptop, but still. Gave the owner one of my own shonky old laptops in reimbursement, which she was actually rather pleased with! Shame it wasn't a Mac, or it'd be on-topic.

Cheers - Jaimie

Can't remember if it was before the hinge replacement or after, but that iBook also had the power board replaced and I thought I'd killed it then. After replacing the board, plugged it in and... nothing. It just wouldn't work in Wales, no response at all. I brought it back to Hampton, plugged it in, in a "one last try" sort of mood, and it worked. I was rather grateful for that.

In message Sara Kirk <sarakirk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

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I wondered why you called it Ann Robinson...

Sara Kirk wrote:

It just
wouldn't work in Wales, no response at all. I brought it back to Hampton, plugged it in, in a "one last try" sort of mood, and it worked.

Oh golly... Not a portent, I hope?

That was later. Maybe it just didn't like Wales?

Aww - how could it not like Wales?

Well, just in case, Roger's moving to Hampton.

Or send it to Jon B, I send him most of my laptop work now. It keeps my "will it work when I put it back together?" stress levels to a very low level! Pleasure doing business with you Jon!