MTCC
These forums are stuffed full, pressed down and running over with references to resuscitation/resurrection of PB 1nn models (even including the PB 100 proper, which is more like The Luggable than it is like the rest of the series).
We can advise you from a distance, but only you—on the spot in more ways than one—can open, clean, break and remake connections, check the presence and function of components, and then systematically work your way to success. The 165c/FSTN (and the 180c/TFT) use a 10MB (max.) 'cousin card' atop the daughter card (with the 68030 processor on it) for memory expansion. Without a CC you will be limited to 4MB of RAM out of the ceiling 14MB.
Opening the PB is easy enough, as beachycove wrote, but you don't need to do it more often than necessary. So, while you have the two halves apart, look also at the inverter board's connections and the flexible PC board that does duty as a video data cable through the right display hinge, and make sure that it has not been torn.
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These forums are stuffed full, pressed down and running over with references to resuscitation/resurrection of PB 1nn models (even including the PB 100 proper, which is more like The Luggable than it is like the rest of the series).
We can advise you from a distance, but only you—on the spot in more ways than one—can open, clean, break and remake connections, check the presence and function of components, and then systematically work your way to success. The 165c/FSTN (and the 180c/TFT) use a 10MB (max.) 'cousin card' atop the daughter card (with the 68030 processor on it) for memory expansion. Without a CC you will be limited to 4MB of RAM out of the ceiling 14MB.
Opening the PB is easy enough, as beachycove wrote, but you don't need to do it more often than necessary. So, while you have the two halves apart, look also at the inverter board's connections and the flexible PC board that does duty as a video data cable through the right display hinge, and make sure that it has not been torn.
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