<![CDATA[iFixit - Answers With Device "Macintosh PowerBook 165c"]]> https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/Device/Macintosh_PowerBook_165c?rss=yes en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:30:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Macintosh PowerBook 165c: PowerBook 165C display ribbon broken]]> Hi, I have PowerBook 165c.

The system runs, but I can’t see nothin because the video ribbon is broken.

So, apparently there is no way to connect it to external display (am I right ?) so how can I find and replace the broken ribbon ?

Thank Fabio

⟐ Commented March 23, 2023 at 15:00 MST

]]> https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/774769/PowerBook+165C+display+ribbon+broken https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/774769 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:00:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Macintosh PowerBook 165c: Load OS 7.5 onto empty drive on PowerBook 165]]> Hi I have a Powerbook 165 with no os—I have original 7.5 floppies but when I insert the install disc it wont recognise the hard drive so then now i am trying to use the Disk tools disk to reformat hard drive but it states “ This startup disk will not work on this Mac model. Use the latest installer to update this disk for this model. (system 7.1 does not work on this model, you need a newer version that does “ ?

⟐ Answer accepted November 19, 2018 at 3:12 MST

]]> https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/530247/Load+OS+7.5+onto+empty+drive+on+PowerBook+165 https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/530247 Mon, 19 Nov 2018 03:12:25 -0700