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Powerbook 5300c will not start
Name: McHoffa Date: March 6, 2003 at 08:08:41 Pacific OS: 8.6 CPU/Ram: 100
Comment:
I have an old powerbook 5300c that is having a problem starting.. sometimes it will start but after the happy mac face it turns off, and sometimes it just will not start at all. Any ideas? could it be a power supply problem or is it dead?
Name: McHoffa Date: March 6, 2003 at 12:33:01 Pacific
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Seems the solder has come loose on the motherboard where the power input goes.. took the whole thing apart and tried resoldering... its better, but still slightly wiggly... so every once in a while it turns off... any suggestions? is it worth it to try to fix?
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Response Number 2
Name: the pickle Date: March 6, 2003 at 16:34:26 Pacific
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If you're handy with a soldering iron, fixing it is about a 30-minute repair, most of which is disassembly.
If you aren't, tell me how much shipping is and I'll take it off your hands.
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Response Number 3
Name: gabriel Date: March 6, 2003 at 20:16:13 Pacific
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It coould also be the power plug. Mine got busted and paid 35.00 on repairs
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Response Number 4
Name: McHoffa Date: March 7, 2003 at 06:00:28 Pacific
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Yeah i found that they had extended warranties on these or whatever its called.. the powerplug's solder on the mboard came loose on a lot of this model... i am going to try to fix it... wish me luck :)
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Response Number 5
Name: the pickle Date: March 7, 2003 at 15:16:21 Pacific
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Key word there being "had." The REA on the 5300s expired at the end of 1999, IIRC.
Good luck fixing it yourself though :)
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Response Number 6
Name: McHoffa Date: March 19, 2003 at 19:00:56 Pacific
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UPDATE
I tried resoldering the piece securely to the motherboard with no luck
I ended up buying a new male and female adapter thing at radio shack for $4 i cut off the end of the ac cord and put the new male end on, and desoldered the original female end on the logic board, then soldered 3 wires in the holes where it came from... those 3 wires went to the new female end which i melted into the back of the powerbook casing... looked kinda funny but it worked a LOT better than the original
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