OMG MY Bronze Powerbook G3 finally went poof

[jsnuff1]

...with smoke and all, i thought it was a gonner but last night I had some time on my hands and did a little surgury..

http://idisk.mac.com/jsnuff1/Public/two.JPG


and there it is working once again in its gutted form...seems like a bunch of transistors had burnt out.

after i took everything apart i decided to take this pic...i was looking at the whole mess and was wondering if i would ever be able to put it back together haha

http://idisk.mac.com/jsnuff1/Public/one.JPG


I did in fact put it all backtogether, minus a screw or two ;) and for those of you wondering yes I did reapplied the thermal paste ;)

[Pressure]

So, uhm, did the patient really survive? :confused:

[jsnuff1]

yep working like a charm again :)

[chaosbunny]

Omg I just shivered a little at the thought of what my cat would do with all those tiny parts on the floor!:)

I hope the "patient" recovers fast!

[imacintel]

What OS is that running? Is the screen somewhow stuck on that?

[dmw007]

Macs- they can take a beating and keep on ticking! :D


Congrats on a successful repair job jsnuff1. :)

[mmmcheese]

What area of the case was the dirty plate and fork located?

[semaja2]

great work, nice to see you didnt do anything about ESD infact looks like you were trying to make ESD :P

[lamina]

Awesome post. Thanks for all the great pics. I love it when people take things into their own hands!

[jsnuff1]

What area of the case was the dirty plate and fork located?

they were actually stuck between the processor daughter card and the main board...have no idea how they got in there, might have caused the fried resistors too ;)