I have big bother with my Powerbook.
It doesn't like to talk to its power supply. It will only do so if I twist the plug to a certain position, and often not even then.
It got so bad, I bought a new power supply, but that too was sporadic, and has now degraded to complete disfunction. I'm now back to the old power supply, and the pantomime I had getting that to work today, clearly its an issue with the Powerbook itself that needs sorting.
Question 1; Anyone know what the power inlet of a Powerbook is like inside? Is it part of the motherboard?
Question 2; Anyone with any experience of how much Apple service centres charge for fixing old-ish laptops? Cos if it'd cost more to fix than it's worth, I might as well drop it in the bin.
Any advise appreciated.
In article 1i8x8bh.i41www18mcb7iN%me4@redacted.invalid me4@redacted.invalid(Wayne Stuart) wrote:
I have big bother with my Powerbook.
It doesn't like to talk to its power supply. It will only do so if Itwist the plug to a certain position, and often not even then.
It got so bad, I bought a new power supply, but that too was sporadic, and has now degraded to complete disfunction. I'm now back to the old power supply, and the pantomime I had getting that to work today,clearly its an issue with the Powerbook itself that needs sorting.
Question 1; Anyone know what the power inlet of a Powerbook is likeinside? Is it part of the motherboard?
Question 2; Anyone with any experience of how much Apple service centres charge for fixing old-ish laptops? Cos if it'd cost more to fix thanit's worth, I might as well drop it in the bin.
Any advise appreciated.
Take a look here http://www.ifixit.com/ to see how to take it appart.Loads of photos and step by step instructions.
mackrick
mackrick mackrick@redacted.invalid wrote:
In article 1i8x8bh.i41www18mcb7iN%me4@redacted.invalid me4@redacted.invalid(Wayne Stuart) wrote:
I have big bother with my Powerbook.
It doesn't like to talk to its power supply. It will only do so if Itwist the plug to a certain position, and often not even then.
It got so bad, I bought a new power supply, but that too was sporadic, and has now degraded to complete disfunction. I'm now back to the old power supply, and the pantomime I had getting that to work today,clearly its an issue with the Powerbook itself that needs sorting.
Question 1; Anyone know what the power inlet of a Powerbook is likeinside? Is it part of the motherboard?
Question 2; Anyone with any experience of how much Apple service centres charge for fixing old-ish laptops? Cos if it'd cost more to fix thanit's worth, I might as well drop it in the bin.
Any advise appreciated.
Take a look here http://www.ifixit.com/ to see how to take it appart.Loads of photos and step by step instructions.
That's useful. Thanks.
I see from that, the power connector isn't part of the main logic board. That's good I suppose. But still, if the left side mini-board did need to be replaced, I wonder how much an Apple service centre (probably either KRCS or Jigsaw) would charge to fit one?