depends, you could solder a new one on, but if the original issue that fried it in the first place is still there, you will have just burned out another first place id look is to …

Thanks a lot man. Would the fix just be to solder on a new one? That is if it is the part you think it is of course.

I cant find anything for those numbers (damn apple using noname china knockoffs) it appears to be a fet, but with what stats i dunno might try abit harder when i get home from wor…

is there any print left on "the black box" (probably a voltage regulator) Click to expand... unfortunately the print has been completely burnt off. However it does look exactly…

is there any print left on "the black box" (probably a voltage regulator)

I took some pictures of the mess today if anyone's interested: The logic board underside http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l146/virusys/IMG_3513.jpg Where the blackbox was burnt…

Okayy... I guess this will be the final update lol Basically everything is working fine, except I've found the source of the burning. One of the black boxes on the underside of the…

R$ doesn't carry a matching replacement part and the one they do have will be an ugly install anyways. So, really, I had no choice. I also intend to put copies of the morning ser…

Well done. I had thought the machine was toast.

Okayy... I guess this will be the final update lol Basically everything is working fine, except I've found the source of the burning. One of the black boxes on the underside of th…

Alright, so small update: All I've really changed is I've put the battery in as well as the power cable (I only had the PB plugged into the wall without the battery up until now).…

Hey everyone, FIrst time poster here. :scrambled: I was wondering if anyone would be able to point me in the right direction as to what I should do with my PowerBook 180. Back …

course a buck at radio shack and you could have just replaced the jack properly Click to expand... Shhhhh ;D --------- Why get a recorder that goes straight to flash memo…

Personally I think the whole idea of a 3D world as a productivity environment is silly anyway. It's the sort of thing that looks totally awesome in fiction but in reality, well... …

Building stuff like you describe is uh ... non-trivial. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML

When a CRT is fired up after being off for a long time, there is often a sizzling or crackling sound sort of like it is taking a deep breath. It is caused by the inside of the tube…

Totally been done already. Click to expand... :lol: Totally not what I have in mind. if anything MS Bob is pretty much what we have at the moment. I needed the laugh though. …

PowerPCs will boot from USB: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384 http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061017084322177 You can also use anothe…

If its the insulation around the high voltage components breaking down, the problem will be related to humidity rather than temperature.

The pinout is the same as all the Duos and PowerBooks that use a "stereo headphone" plug. Tip - serial data for intelligent PSU, n.c. for other PSUs Click to expand... On the D…

Basically, ANYTHING in the way of a PowerBook AC/Adapter connector manufactured after the Duos will work with the single exception of the idiotic choice Apple made for the 5300's p…

How do you add a new page? Edit: Never mind, I figured it out.

PowerPCs will boot from USB: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384 http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061017084322177 You can also use anoth…

Stage 1 What I propose here is a stand alone App. Just so a person can move around in a room and maybe do stuff. Coded to run as low-end as possible, that way it won’t keep peop…

Okay, an iBook is out, so…what would it actually take? And I don't mean to reinvent the LC. For the sake of argument, say we've got the bones of a generic laptop. And all it's b…