Well, the solution for next time is to not pull stunts like I did. 
) Haste makes waste.
However.
It's worse than that. I had the power problem solved. In fact, I had everything solved. I was watching DVDs on it Saturday evening and on Sunday morning. The battery was charging, and had probably a good 2-hour life on it. The only thing left to fix was the backlight cable. It was loose. Putting the screen in the right position and squeezing the left of the trackpad would get it to stay on.
So I decided to open up the iBook on Sunday afternoon and see what I could do about fixing the cable. Since I needed to have the power on to test if the backlight was on, the iBook was booted up, but it was completely apart, and the screen was detached too. The battery was in and the AC cable was in too.
For some reason ... I don't know why ... I decided to pick up the iBook and move it. That was the mistake. When I set it back down, I think that some component came in contact with metal. Either a short circuit, or high voltage ran across the wrong component.
Anyway, as soon as I set it down, I heard a high-pitched noise. It got higher in pitch. After about two seconds, I pulled out the AC plug, and it stopped. Plugging the AC back in resumed the pitch.
I think that at this point, I had already done the deed. I put the plug back in again, and after some seconds, the noise got higher and higher in pitch, then stopped. I heard a little pop, and smoke wafted out of the iBook.
Now I've got an iBook which will work from the battery, but it does not recognize the AC cord (even System Profiler does not acknowledge it). I also heard a crackle from the DC in board when I put the plug in again to confirm. So I think that I even blew up the replacement DC in board which I had installed on Saturday.
It's not dead, but it's in worse shape than when I originally obtained it. :-/
) Haste makes waste.However.
It's worse than that. I had the power problem solved. In fact, I had everything solved. I was watching DVDs on it Saturday evening and on Sunday morning. The battery was charging, and had probably a good 2-hour life on it. The only thing left to fix was the backlight cable. It was loose. Putting the screen in the right position and squeezing the left of the trackpad would get it to stay on.
So I decided to open up the iBook on Sunday afternoon and see what I could do about fixing the cable. Since I needed to have the power on to test if the backlight was on, the iBook was booted up, but it was completely apart, and the screen was detached too. The battery was in and the AC cable was in too.
For some reason ... I don't know why ... I decided to pick up the iBook and move it. That was the mistake. When I set it back down, I think that some component came in contact with metal. Either a short circuit, or high voltage ran across the wrong component.
Anyway, as soon as I set it down, I heard a high-pitched noise. It got higher in pitch. After about two seconds, I pulled out the AC plug, and it stopped. Plugging the AC back in resumed the pitch.
I think that at this point, I had already done the deed. I put the plug back in again, and after some seconds, the noise got higher and higher in pitch, then stopped. I heard a little pop, and smoke wafted out of the iBook.
Now I've got an iBook which will work from the battery, but it does not recognize the AC cord (even System Profiler does not acknowledge it). I also heard a crackle from the DC in board when I put the plug in again to confirm. So I think that I even blew up the replacement DC in board which I had installed on Saturday.
It's not dead, but it's in worse shape than when I originally obtained it. :-/