dead BTI battery for PB 190/5300

The battery is dead as it is not recognized neither by the PB itself nor by a VTS charger. Mere speculation: if I take it apart with all the precautions what should I look at to see if it is broken? Is there a logic board or else? Ben -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and...

Does a PC card for PB 190 and 5300 work on 1400?

Hi, I'm eyeing an Ethernet PC card from Asante. The descriptions says it is PCMCIA 2.1 type II and fits the Powerbooks 190 and 5300. I've heard some stories about 16-bit and 32-bit, and found out that the 1400 needs 16-bit cards. Would anyone know if the offered card will work on my 1400 too? T

Re: dead BTI battery for PB 190/5300

I took it apart. There are 12 elements (which resemble AA batteries) connected as a parallel series (+-_+-_+- etc...). From the small logic board only 4 wires: the neg, the pos, and two yellow that connect the batteries pack to a small round magnet nested between two adjacent batteries (is it a

Re: dead BTI battery for PB 190/5300

Powerbooks and Newton's packs used AA NiMH batteries. You can even buy NiMH AA batteries with soldering tabs and refurbish the battery pack, sometimes even using better cells which will last even longer. For more on newton batteries, check out http://www.pda-soft.de he wrote a really good guide

Pismo and iMac Rev. C RAM

Hi, Listers! I recently bought a very cheap iMac Tangerine, Rev. C. It'll arrive in a few days. It has only 32 Mb RAM. I have a 128 Mb RAM module leftover from my Pismo RAM upgrade to 512 Mb. The official memory specs. are below: Rev. C RAM Type: 144 pin SO-DIMM Minimum RAM Speed: 100 MHz PowerBo

Re: New PowerBook 1400cs/133 with floppy problems

- Original Message - From: "Kirk Zathey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:34 PM Subject: New PowerBook 1400cs/133 with floppy problems > Hello, > > I recently obtained a great condition PowerBook 1400cs/133 from a > local trash

Re: broken TiBook, Lombard, & iBook plugs

> From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've also looked for G3/G4 plugs. Good Old Apple used the weirest ones > they could to frustrate folks like me. Even more frustrating is the fact that although the output of my Lombard and TiBook power adapters is identical, i.e. 24V/1.875A, the plugs are not in

PRAM battery for 5300ce?

I recently bought a used 5300ce; the date/time is not retained between startups so I suspect that the PRAM battery is dead. A local Mac shop could not replace it citing that "the 5300ce is beyond the age where we're going to be able to order parts. It doesn't even come up on the list of machine

Re: PRAM battery for 5300ce?

You can probably get one from Radio Shack, that's where I get all of mine. :-) ~Ben~ - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:39 PM Subject: PRAM battery for 5300ce? > I recently bought a used 5300ce; the date

Re: PRAM battery for 5300ce?

On Dec 8, 2004, at 5:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently bought a used 5300ce; the date/time is not retained between startups so I suspect that the PRAM battery is dead. A local Mac shop could not replace it citing that "the 5300ce is beyond the age where we're going to be able to order p

Re: dead BTI battery for PB 190/5300

> Powerbooks and Newton's packs used AA NiMH batteries. You can even buy > NiMH AA batteries with soldering tabs and refurbish the battery pack, > sometimes even using better cells which will last even longer. For more > on newton batteries, check out http://www.pda-soft.de he wrote a really >