⟐ Commented June 14, 2015 at 6:00 MST

I considered trying to make it into a digital picture frame, but it only has a black and white screen.

It could be fun to use it as a headline news ticker, but I can't find a barebones site or program that will work with the system.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be much appreciated!

⟐ Answered May 01, 2024 at 23:51 MST

For the start, i am 16, and have tried to fix this computer for years

I love computers, i work on and with an imac g4, 2 pcs, and samsungs

I have liked computers forever, the first computers i used were my dads imac g3 and this powerbook 100, they are natural to me, im even getting a good computer repair job this summer

However, with unusual problems like this, i have no idea on how to solve them

My dad bought it new in 1991, and had used it a lot until 2006, he put it away. In 2011, he brought it back out, and the lead acid (or nickel something) battery was shot, but the computer ran. It said though it wouldnt keep running without the battery, even though it had its adapter, and would shut itself down

At least it was running back then, now and for the past few years, when i boot it, it just has a blank black screen, but makes a chime. It doesnt do anything else

Im wondering if it needs its capacitors replaced, i looked online and saw someone do that who had the same problem, and it worked for them. I just dont know what capacitors i would need. Also, i cant find out what to do with the battery, i dont think anyone makes replacements anymore

I havent opened up this computer yet, so nothing could be disconnected from anything. I hope the hard drive is still okay too

Even though i have fixed countless things, this is a new area for me, i havent had to do anything like this before or be stuck for years wondering what wont let me boot

Thanks

⟐ Answered April 14, 2020 at 8:01 MST

So I acquired a powerbook 180 from work. Unfortunately, it didn't work when I plugged it in. I opened it up, took it apart, and found a bulging capacitor. It's square, has the letters KM on it, and is set at pins labeled "D15" on the logic board near the charging port. It gets very hot when plugged in.

Any idea how I would go about fixing this or acquiring parts?

Pictures at this link:

http://imgur.com/a/Y6xjv

You can see there is electrolyte leaking from the part.

Thanks!

-A

⟐ Commented September 14, 2023 at 17:44 MST

I should also note that I have little experience with physical electronics. I work well with technical stuff, but I only have a basic understanding of electronic terms. If you could explain and terms for me, that would be great. I can do some work with electronic components, but I don't trust myself with big overhaul or too much soldering. If you have any solutions that require little or no of said things, that would be great.

⟐ Commented August 14, 2019 at 18:34 MST

Is there any way I can get over this problem.

Thanks for any assistance

⟐ Commented February 13, 2018 at 18:55 MST

I should also note that I have little experience with physical electronics. I work well with technical stuff, but I only have a basic understanding of electronic terms. If you could explain and terms for me, that would be great.

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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

I have an old PowerBook 145b, when I boot it into System 7 it works fine until after a few seconds the keyboard and mouse stop working. So I can't click anywhere or type anything, but the trackball itself works fine as I can move the cursor around. The amount of type until it stops working varies: It will take ~5 seconds if I leave it sitting idle but if I use the mouse, continuously clicking as fast as I can I can get it to work for 30-45 seconds before it stops clicking and typing. I'm not sure if this is a hardware or software issue. Any ideas what's wrong?

⟐ Answer accepted March 04, 2021 at 18:39 MST

I recently got a PowerBook 145 with startup sound chime, but black/grey screen (only the backlight worked).

So I decided to recap the creen board (I used 9x 3.3uF-63V capacitors instead the 35V original ones) and the inverter board with a 47uF-16V and 33uF-16V (tantalium) caps.

The problem is that, even with this cleaning with alcohol and recap, the display doesn’t work properly… now it turns whit and shows a series of vertical lines, but nothing else.

Is the display definitely broken?

⟐ Answered November 14, 2020 at 5:27 MST

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