Mac Book Mini

I recently inherited a dead macbook that had been involved in a liquid spill. When I turned it on, it would do post beeps like it was missing memory even though there was a gig installed.

I noticed a bunch of green corrosion on/around the memory slots so I scoured the internets for ways to remove it. Tried baking soda, tried alcohol...Nope! At this point I said what the **** and I submerged the entire motherboard into Cider Vinegar and let it sit for an hour or two. I pulled it out, scrubbed it with a toothbrush focusing on the memory slots. Let it dry overnight then used compressed air on it (100psi) to make sure there was no extra water under the cpu/northbridge. Gave her power and bam it booted, I almost ****.

I knew it was too good to be true that it would work perfectly so I started to try and find issues. It wont charge or use a battery and the sound doesn't work due to traces coming off the board near the sound jack, other than that she works fine.

Knowing I don't have much of a laptop if its not portable, I decided to have some fun. I completely gutted the case and threw it all into a vintage Apple SC20 20MB SCSI drive. I have plenty of room in the case as you can see so I included the power adapter and a 5v power brick to power the usb hub and a small fan in the corner. I also put in a mini-dvi to dvi connector so I can expand the desktop if i wish, as I have a 22" screen sitting next to it.

I used pci slot brackets to hold the lcd on the cover and left the camera so I can make funny pictures of my face lol.

I know its not pretty by any means but I think its innovative. Let me know what you think!

_Dan

I like your "Frankenstein Monster" and the way you resurrected it from the dead. ;D Very innovative. Have fun with it.

Regards.

hahaha i love it
i have always wanted to do something like this.

That is absolutely beautiful. I once put an iMac logic board into a hatbox. My dad and I then converted the former iMac into a VGA monitor, hooked up the sound in so that the internal speakers could be hooked up to another Mac with an audio cable. My dad THEN put in a Firewire slot-load DVD drive and hard drive, attatched them to a Firewire hub inside so that they could be attatched to a Mac with one Firewire cable.

I loved using this thing!

I'm with Jamie that is awesome. This is probably one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. I wish we could nominated threads.


What are the specs on this Mac?

Very nice job!! LOL

Well done, and you almost lost me at the Cider Vinegar bath

Very nice and very cool also you were able to get it working!

I own an SC20 drive. Mine still works as the drive for my old Mac Plus!

You got it all to fit in there. WAY cool!

Thank You for the props!

Here is a direct link to the album w/all pictures on facebook: LINK

_Dan

Awesome and very innovative.

Now that is what i call thinking outside the box lol
Well done Dan

Cheers

Cool stuff man .... you have a creative brain.

Cheers ... McBie