stevens.morling
Powerbook Revealed
Attempt at your own risk!
My Powerbook was narcoleptic, it had a faulty temperature sensor which told the powerbook that it was basically on fire, when in fact it was not. This caused an emergency sleep whenever it damn well felt like it. Very annoying and very hard to work with! So after two years of research and $25 of screwdrivers I cut the damn thing out. Here are pictures that I hope will help others having the same problem as the below links did for me! I used cuticle nippers to cut the connecting legs of the sensor off the ribbon it was soldered on to.
A note to anyone else who decides on the cuticle clippers, make sure you cut the legs really far down close to the ribbon - I had some errant legs that shorted out the computer a bit and it wouldn’t boot, even when they were covered with lots of tape. I think they may have been touching under the tape which would explain it, but I can’t confirm since I don’t see that well! Trimmed down and retaped and everything is working great, knock on wood!
I attempted the surgery after reading the following experiences - I owe all of them enormous thanks!
Powerbook Revealed
Attempt at your own risk!
My Powerbook was narcoleptic, it had a faulty temperature sensor which told the powerbook that it was basically on fire, when in fact it was not. This caused an emergency sleep whenever it damn well felt like it. Very annoying and very hard to work with! So after two years of research and $25 of screwdrivers I cut the damn thing out. Here are pictures that I hope will help others having the same problem as the below links did for me! I used cuticle nippers to cut the connecting legs of the sensor off the ribbon it was soldered on to.
A note to anyone else who decides on the cuticle clippers, make sure you cut the legs really far down close to the ribbon - I had some errant legs that shorted out the computer a bit and it wouldn’t boot, even when they were covered with lots of tape. I think they may have been touching under the tape which would explain it, but I can’t confirm since I don’t see that well! Trimmed down and retaped and everything is working great, knock on wood!
I attempted the surgery after reading the following experiences - I owe all of them enormous thanks!