I had two dead Portable batteries. I wanted to re-cell them, so I attempted opening one with a screwdriver, but that totally messed up and and bent the plastic. I have one remaining, but I don't know how to open it cleanly in order to install new cells. I'd appreciate any advice you could give on rebuilding the Portable's battery.
I acquired a flaky Portable in 2003. It would often crash or sad mac, but it could boot and do stuff more often than not. When I tried to play with it again around February of 2010, I found that my PowerBook 100 adapter had failed (by no longer outputting any current; i.e. as soon as a load is present, the voltage goes to zero). I replaced all the capacitors and hooked up an alternate battery, but currently all I can get out of it is a sad mac. Your battery opening advice might also help me to open and fix my power adapter.
My goal for this Portable is to get it running solid with a good battery and a good power adapter so that I can do software development on it. I am reading Inside Macintosh now to prepare for this. Eventually, I'd like to boost its RAM to the max, and that will probably involve creating new hardware.
I acquired a flaky Portable in 2003. It would often crash or sad mac, but it could boot and do stuff more often than not. When I tried to play with it again around February of 2010, I found that my PowerBook 100 adapter had failed (by no longer outputting any current; i.e. as soon as a load is present, the voltage goes to zero). I replaced all the capacitors and hooked up an alternate battery, but currently all I can get out of it is a sad mac. Your battery opening advice might also help me to open and fix my power adapter.
My goal for this Portable is to get it running solid with a good battery and a good power adapter so that I can do software development on it. I am reading Inside Macintosh now to prepare for this. Eventually, I'd like to boost its RAM to the max, and that will probably involve creating new hardware.