Pismo Power Jack

2006-02-15 Thread Frank Cornew
I'm about to dig into my Pismo to resolder the power jack to the sound card. If I can locate a new style power jack, would the pismo work with the new powerbook power bricks? I'm using two of the original saucer 45 watt/24v/1.875 supplies and have had to repair them multiple times. Have had

Re: Pismo Power Jack

2006-02-15 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 15/02/06 16:49, Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm about to dig into my Pismo to resolder the power jack to the sound card. If I can locate a new style power jack, would the pismo work with the new powerbook power bricks? I'm using two of the original saucer 45 watt/24v/1.875

Re: Pismo Power Jack

2006-02-15 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
In addition to have physically incompatible connectors and jacks, the power requirements for the new PowerBooks are different than the old PowerBook so, unless you would heavily modify the Audio/Power board, that wouldn't work, methinks, and could potentially be harmful to your old PowerBook.

Re: Pismo Power Jack

2006-02-15 Thread themacuser
The 12 PowerBook has a 45W supply. The iBook 12 does as well, and the 14 one (I think, I only have a 12 PB). The 65W adaptors work fine on the 45W machine - they both supply 24 volts, and should be just the same. On 16/02/2006, at 8:53 AM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: In addition to have

Re: Pismo Power Jack

2006-02-15 Thread gladys pérez-almiroty
i have a pismo and an ibook 1.33. when i take them both with me i only take 1 power brick: the one for the ibook. i bought a while ago an adapter that allows me to use the newer brick with the pismo. it is simply a male size on the pismo side and female ibook size on the other.clever and

Re: Pismo Power Jack

2006-02-15 Thread Stuart Saunders
On 16/02/2006, at 12:57 PM, G-Books wrote: Subject: Pismo Power Jack I'm about to dig into my Pismo to resolder the power jack to the sound card. Something that might prevent this problem in the future (or for others) is to give the adapter connector a quick shot of WD40 or the like