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Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #9

Yes, Inverter. My MacBook's screen has some uneven backlighting at cold boot, is that the inverter? Yeah screens are dirt cheap these days if you buy just the panel. I also found …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 - 13:27

Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #8

Dude fix the screen, MacBook screens are down to like 50 or 60$ USD on eBay these days! I have two spare working screens in my inventory and like 8 broken ones to test the backligh…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by geeko Thu, 14 Jan 2010 - 13:04

Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #7

Dude fix the screen, MacBook screens are down to like 50 or 60$ USD on eBay these days! I have two spare working screens in my inventory and like 8 broken ones to test the backligh…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 - 11:19

Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #6

I've been in contact with the seller and seen a photo. Looks like the screen did not survive the trip back from Ontario. The bad news is he left the power adapter there. The goo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Strimkind Thu, 14 Jan 2010 - 06:24

Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #5

MacBook= Worth it. I paid 140$ for mine, even worser condition, bad hinges, bad screen, missing keys, case destruction, and the 1.25gb of ram is an added plus, I had only 512mb on…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 - 02:01

Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #4

With a busted screen, its effectively a mini....so find out what the going rate for a Core Duo mini with similar specs is. Click to expand... The going rate is much more than $…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Christopher Thu, 14 Jan 2010 - 01:16

Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #3

With a busted screen, its effectively a mini....so find out what the going rate for a Core Duo mini with similar specs is. Click to expand... The going rate is much more than $…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Anonymous Freak Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 23:32

Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #2

With a busted screen, its effectively a mini....so find out what the going rate for a Core Duo mini with similar specs is.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by LCGuy Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 23:04

Possible Conquest Macbook Core Duo? — #1

I have been offered a Macbook Core Duo with 1.25GB RAM for $150 The Catch... Screen is cracked and it is pretty dirty with a few hairline cracks on the front of the unit. Thinki…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Strimkind Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 23:02

SCORE!!! Macworld Mac Secrets 5th Edition . . . — #10

Both got counted for Book-It during second grade!!! (Keep in mind they each have 1000+ pages). Click to expand... So I wasn't the only one to pull that stunt back in the day. H…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dog Cow Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 18:45

Conquests: Macbook, iBook G3 — #6

You can do iphone.facebook.com as well, that gives you a little more visual appearance.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Christopher Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 17:24

Conquests: Macbook, iBook G3 — #5

Thanks for the replies everyone! I've considered Tiger, but then again I won't be able to get a hold of an OS X CD or RAM upgrades until July, so for now I think I'm going to stic…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by wardsenatorfe92 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 14:47

Conquests: Macbook, iBook G3 — #4

Unlike you guys, it hurts me to bring a classic to school because I have so little parts, on my MacBook, I have almost two more sets of parts that I can throw in. Oh the irony :l…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 12:29

Conquests: Macbook, iBook G3 — #3

with enough ram and a slightly larger hdd, tiger should run fine. i run it on my "school" computer, a pismo 500mhz g3, w/ 1 gb of ram, and i can even run iwork 08 on it. also same …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by geeko Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 11:38

Conquests: Macbook, iBook G3 — #2

Welcome! I myself have a Core Duo GrayBook (Mix of White MacBook and Black one, built from 3 broken ones) and a few iBooks in my collection. I recommend you install 10.3 onto your …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Mars478 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 11:21

Conquests: Macbook, iBook G3 — #1

Well, this is my first post here and I figured I'd start out by kinda introducing myself a little and posting my first two "new" and "semi-vintage" mac conquests . As for myself…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by wardsenatorfe92 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 04:53

SCORE!!! Macworld Mac Secrets 5th Edition . . . — #9

I tried googling "AppleDesign," hit the "6 used STARTING at $168.00 at Amazon.com wall" . . . . . . and came to a rather abrupt stop. [xx(] ]'>
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 02:54

SE 30 focus problems after cap replacement — #15

Here are some additional notes: The focus and cutoff controls share a common supply. If the cutoff adjustment has no effect, that supply voltage is the problem. If the cutoff adju…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by tomlee59 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 02:50

SCORE!!! Macworld Mac Secrets 5th Edition . . . — #8

I have the same problem with my 2nd Edition of the book. In fact, I once got a like-new copy at a library book sale just in case the old one wore out! Now I'm forced to use my cove…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Scott Baret Wed, 13 Jan 2010 - 00:50

SCORE!!! Macworld Mac Secrets 5th Edition . . . — #6

Yep, Mac Bible and Mac Secrets are the two classics which alway stay on my shelf-- never in a box. Dr. Macintosh was a fun read too, and I keep Upgrading and Repairing Macs handy a…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Dog Cow Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 18:07

Any way to repair PowerBook 1xx interconnect boards? — #5

Yeah, its fine now....it'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. Its just weird that for the past few days, the keys I mentioned in my first post were all dead, even after …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by LCGuy Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 14:27

Any way to repair PowerBook 1xx interconnect boards? — #4

Well thats weird. Now all the keys are working. I'm happy, but still, I'm convinced there's a problem there somewhere. Click to expand... Congrats! That said, intermittent bug…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Trash80toHP_Mini Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 14:16

Any way to repair PowerBook 1xx interconnect boards? — #3

Well thats weird. Now all the keys are working. I'm happy, but still, I'm convinced there's a problem there somewhere. By the way, if there's one thing for sure, surfing the net o…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by LCGuy Mon, 11 Jan 2010 - 07:37
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