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From: Rowland McDonnell on 26 Oct 2006 13:23 Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > > That's it, really: got a 600MHz G3 iBook with MacOS X 10.3.9 installed > > on it. > > > > It won't start up. It'll go `bong', and the battery shows life, but > > there's not a flicker from the `power' light, and nothing on the screen. > > > > Two suggestions: > > 1) Send it to Jon. As in Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com>? > 2) Read the following for help, sent to me by a client this week. [snip useful info] I think I shall pluck up some courage and try that. I think I'll try to find a take-apart guide somewhere first, mind - but that's usually fairly easy. And if I don't get any joy that way - well, let's see. Cheers, Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim Jaeger on 26 Oct 2006 14:17 In article <1hntumv.1h5bp221hwgkyzN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet>, real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > > > > That's it, really: got a 600MHz G3 iBook with MacOS X 10.3.9 installed > > > on it. > > > > > > It won't start up. It'll go `bong', and the battery shows life, but > > > there's not a flicker from the `power' light, and nothing on the screen. > > > > > > > Two suggestions: > > > > 1) Send it to Jon. > > As in Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com>? > > > 2) Read the following for help, sent to me by a client this week. > [snip useful info] > > I think I shall pluck up some courage and try that. I think I'll try to > find a take-apart guide somewhere first, mind - but that's usually > fairly easy. The take-apart guide that Hugh cited a day or so ago is very good. I found, after following the steps very closely, that it's not necessary to remove the three metal rings at the first step of page 3. Additionally, one can stop at removal of the lower case. Removal of the "small greasy springs" and all following was not necessary for me. The mounting square fits between the lower case and the bottom shield. The raised square for the mounting square is most easily seen in the middle picture on page 6 of the guide Hugh cited. Having done the job, I can testify that even a fat-fingered OAP can do it. jim
From: Rowland McDonnell on 28 Oct 2006 13:24 Jim Jaeger <bogus(a)example.com> wrote: > In article > <1hntumv.1h5bp221hwgkyzN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet>, [snip] > The take-apart guide that Hugh cited a day or so ago is very good. I > found, after following the steps very closely, that it's not necessary > to remove the three metal rings at the first step of page 3. Righto - ta. > Additionally, one can stop at removal of the lower case. Removal of the > "small greasy springs" and all following was not necessary for me. The > mounting square fits between the lower case and the bottom shield. The > raised square for the mounting square is most easily seen in the middle > picture on page 6 of the guide Hugh cited. Uhuh. > Having done the job, I can testify that even a fat-fingered OAP can do > it. Coo - thanks for that. Rowland. (still having trouble getting his head into shape, but never mind) -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 31 Oct 2006 18:14 Jim Jaeger <bogus(a)example.com> wrote: > (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > > Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > > > > > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > > > > > > That's it, really: got a 600MHz G3 iBook with MacOS X 10.3.9 installed > > > > on it. > > > > > > > > It won't start up. It'll go `bong', and the battery shows life, but > > > > there's not a flicker from the `power' light, and nothing on the screen. > > > > > > > > > > Two suggestions: > > > > > > 1) Send it to Jon. > > > > As in Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com>? > > > > > 2) Read the following for help, sent to me by a client this week. > > [snip useful info] > > > > I think I shall pluck up some courage and try that. I think I'll try to > > find a take-apart guide somewhere first, mind - but that's usually > > fairly easy. > > The take-apart guide that Hugh cited a day or so ago is very good. <grin> Yes, but: okay, so where do I get a spudger? And what the hell is a spudger anyway? I substituted a thin bladed screwdriver, with paper wedges to keep the case halves separated until it was fully apart. >I > found, after following the steps very closely, that it's not necessary > to remove the three metal rings at the first step of page 3. > > Additionally, one can stop at removal of the lower case. Removal of the > "small greasy springs" One of 'em flew out as I pulled the lower case off. Gave me a bit of a fright: the grease on it made it look like a spring with a small *broken* bit of plastic stuck in the end, and I was panicking until I looked a bit more closely. >and all following was not necessary for me. I pulled the thin metal screening cover off to have a look at exactly what was going on underneath. Not very edifying, but at least I saw the video chip and it's foam pad. > The > mounting square fits between the lower case and the bottom shield. The > raised square for the mounting square is most easily seen in the middle > picture on page 6 of the guide Hugh cited. > > Having done the job, I can testify that even a fat-fingered OAP can do > it. Well, I plucked up the courage and smacked myself a few times and it's alive again. The `loose' video chip seemed to be it. The takeapart guide is wrong in one place: it says use a Torx T8 driver to remove some of the fasteners, when - and I didn't look until one of 'em rounded of - they're actually 2.5mm allen headed fasteners. Aside from that - well, `it's alive again', which is good. btw, does anyone know of a way in which I might be able to get a replacement `little rubber foot' for this iBook? One seems to have got itself lost (before I started fiddling). Thanks to all, Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: David Kennedy on 1 Nov 2006 04:20
On 31/10/06 11:14 pm, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > btw, does anyone know of a way in which I might be able to get a > replacement `little rubber foot' for this iBook? One seems to have got > itself lost (before I started fiddling). Well, Apple do sell them but, IIRC, they are some horrendous price. The general opinion seems to be that B & Q do something similar which, when used in a set of 4, does the job nicely for a couple of quid. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |