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PowerBook Upgrade and Repair Guides

Posted by michael on from the you-break-it-you-bought-it dept.

kwiens writes "We had such a positive response from Slashdot with our Free-As-In-Beer Mac disassembly instructions last time around, we decided to do it again: We've made six more FixIt Guides, perfect for those intrepid road-warriors who refuse to trust anyone else to work on their 'Book. Now there's nothing stopping you from trying that LNO2 overclock on your PowerBook-- or just a hard drive upgrade. The new Guides have professional photos, a new GUI design, and screw guides (no, not this). Guides are now available for all iBook G3, PowerBook G3, and PowerBook G4 models (including the oft-requested 12, 15, and 17 Aluminum 'Books)."

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  1. Re:This is ridiculous. by aycaramba · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The mods really seem to like you... :-)

  2. Re:Short upgrade guide by AnonymousAtCowHerds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Obviously, you're not a golfer.

  3. LNO2? by Rich+Klein · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's LNO2? Liquid Nitrogen Dioxide? Surely you mean liquid nitrogen, or LN2!

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    -Rich
  4. Re:How about NORMAL laptops? by morpheus800e · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't know anything about your particular laptop, but IBM has very thorough disassembly instructions for their ThinkPad models available. These can be found in the "Hardware Maintenance Manual" for the particular series of laptops. Here's the HMM for the T40, T41 and T42 for example. (Found via a google search for ThinkPad Hardware Maintenance Manual.)

    I needed instructions for taking apart an older model (unknown issue, which turned out to be a CPU problem), and found IBM's instructions immensely helpful. Why other manufacturers don't do this for their products, I don't know.