Well, I finally got around to looking at the damaged iBook, and it will not always boot as Macdrone says, but holding down hard to the left of the trackpad helps.
I started it in Target Disk Mode and cloned the whole system over from my working iBook, then backed up and removed the relevant Airport kexts.
A restart put it straight into Open Firmware (?? !!), another resulted in a black screen, and so it seems I have to continue using the heavy hand to get it to boot normally.
I have restored wireless connectivity by buying an inexpensive Ralink based USB wifi thingy - seems all good so far as once booted I haven't had one panic, and the screen keeps running and restarts even after sleeps.
I reckon a shim in the bottom casing may sort the booting out.
Thanks to Macdrone for the assistance [
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Plus I've finally got the iBook graphite fully working - I stripped it down, resoldered the power connector, put an 80gb 5400rpm drive in, an extra 512mb RAM, a 128 bit airport card and a new battery.
Firmware updated through OS 9.2.2.
Tiger running nicely, but sloooowwwwwllllyyyy on the internet with TenFourFox.
I love it, but I may have to operate again to try get the bus speed up (and consequently the multiplier down), and go for 533mhz. I hear they won't go much higher, but that should make all the difference - like I said before, this one's a keeper.
I'm pleased that I managed to fix the missing apple leaf in the lid - I painted in the colour then dripped expoxy resin in until it filled the hole and formed a dome contour - it's not a perfect match but I can do it again once I get hold of the exact colour paint.
I have a 1024x768 LCD from the box of spare bits the seller gave me, I'm just searching for the rare cable Apple part #922-5368, then I can upgrade the screen as per http://forums.macnn.com/73/hardware-hacking/305763/clamshell-ibook-questions-lcd-cd-logic/ and http://maclassic.com/wiki/Clamshell_iBook_LCD_Upgrade.
Lastly, I also scored a firewire portable DVD drive from the box of bits, and once I matched the right power supply from one of my boxes of bits I have an external DVD burner to play with.
The other stuff still awaiting evaluation etc.
Cheers
Hugh
I started it in Target Disk Mode and cloned the whole system over from my working iBook, then backed up and removed the relevant Airport kexts.
A restart put it straight into Open Firmware (?? !!), another resulted in a black screen, and so it seems I have to continue using the heavy hand to get it to boot normally.
I have restored wireless connectivity by buying an inexpensive Ralink based USB wifi thingy - seems all good so far as once booted I haven't had one panic, and the screen keeps running and restarts even after sleeps.
I reckon a shim in the bottom casing may sort the booting out.
Thanks to Macdrone for the assistance [
] ]'>Plus I've finally got the iBook graphite fully working - I stripped it down, resoldered the power connector, put an 80gb 5400rpm drive in, an extra 512mb RAM, a 128 bit airport card and a new battery.
Firmware updated through OS 9.2.2.
Tiger running nicely, but sloooowwwwwllllyyyy on the internet with TenFourFox.
I love it, but I may have to operate again to try get the bus speed up (and consequently the multiplier down), and go for 533mhz. I hear they won't go much higher, but that should make all the difference - like I said before, this one's a keeper.
I'm pleased that I managed to fix the missing apple leaf in the lid - I painted in the colour then dripped expoxy resin in until it filled the hole and formed a dome contour - it's not a perfect match but I can do it again once I get hold of the exact colour paint.
I have a 1024x768 LCD from the box of spare bits the seller gave me, I'm just searching for the rare cable Apple part #922-5368, then I can upgrade the screen as per http://forums.macnn.com/73/hardware-hacking/305763/clamshell-ibook-questions-lcd-cd-logic/ and http://maclassic.com/wiki/Clamshell_iBook_LCD_Upgrade.
Lastly, I also scored a firewire portable DVD drive from the box of bits, and once I matched the right power supply from one of my boxes of bits I have an external DVD burner to play with.
The other stuff still awaiting evaluation etc.
Cheers
Hugh