--- On Sun, 7/11/10, Nico Vanden Eynde <[email protected]> wrote:
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> You might be tempted to try to start the Mac Portable
> without a rebuild
> battery. Don't as the Mac Portable draws more power
> to run that the power
> adapter can give so it constantly drains his main battery,
> even with the PSU plugged in.
The portable essentially has its own built in uninterruptible power supply.
There have been many methods over the years for replacing the original, rather
delicate, lead acid battery with different types that can withstand deeper
drawdown (draining the original too far will damage it) and/or provide a longer
runtime. I dunno if anyone has hacked a lithium-ion battery into a Portable.
Could shave a lot of weight off while keeping a runtime similar to the
original, or go for maximum runtime by using as large a Li-Ion pack as will fit.
There are also ways to de-poratablize it by eliminating the battery to use it
only on AC power.
> When considering to buy the M5120: check that the hard
> drive is not dead,
> very common error, as they are very hard to find and only
> rarely offered on Ebay.
There were cable kits to install normal SCSI hard drives into the Portable, but
these days you'll have to find one surplus or secondhand, or figure out a way
to build your own.
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