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Post #8 by mx-v
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateSat, 29 Jan 2011 - 23:06
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/powerbook-165-wont-boot.22224/
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Succes!

Upon removal of the daughtercard, I noticed some of what looked like corrosion on the solders joints of the connector and on some close by chips. Cleaned with a toothbrush, re-assembled and woot! It booted. :D

Then I went on to investigate the power button problem. Toying around in the Finder (System 7.1 btw) I noticed that clicking was acting like the shift key was held down. KeyCaps confirmed this, showing that the Shift, Option and Enter keys were always pressed. I removed the keyboard and trackball, plugged in an ADB kb and mouse and voilà, power button and everything else working just fine.

So now I'm on to finding a way to clean a most likely very dirty keyboard.

Thanks for the tips guys, it's appreciated. :)

mp.ls