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[Papa Hemi]

Not exactly audio, but some audio bit included (that may lead to more DIY).

 

Daughter dropped her PowerBook G4. It landed on the power adaptor and buckled the case. It doesn't work any longer. Not being able to afford repair, I hesitatingly took it apart today to see if I could effect a repair. Ideally I would like to replace the whole power interface (male and female), to ensure a more secure and robust connection.

 

It is amazing how much is packed into the laptop:

 

 

Any advice from AE experts would be appreciated, particularly:

1) What is a good option for replacing the power connection?

2) what is the configuration of the cabling/connections to the PCB?

 

Now the audio bit, firstly a pic of the speakers:

 

Note the sub-woofer! Same diameter at the mains - 1.5cm.

 

As I am pimping the power in, I wondered if there is anything I could do that might improve on the sound coming out?

 

Possibly not tho'. Best to attend to one thing at a time I guess.

[Electra]

my acer laptop has a 5cm "subwoofer".

 

It has the best sound quality of any laptop I have heard, its actually listenable at a pinch.

 

Still not quite the same as 4 13" drivers for the bass impact though.

[Papa Hemi]

"Still not quite the same as 4 13" drivers for the bass impact though."

 

Don't think I could fit those in.

[Ernie1553552694]

Look for a munted powerbook on TM. You could transplant the motherboard or daughterboard that holds the power supply. Most bits are onboard one of pcbs. Another option is to lookup Galaxyhp on Google. They specialise in legacy Macs. Based in Oregon from memory. I used to deal with Dave.

[Papa Hemi]

I'm looking at a $50 budget here, sounds like a TM challenge.

[Papa Hemi]

Done and dusted!

Replaced the DC in jack with a straight 2.5mm audio jack, reassembled (only one screw left over!), booted up - all ok!

 

Now the brakes and counter on the B77 need attention...