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G-Dog
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Ok, I have a problem and you guys have always been able to answer my questions in the past, so here goes.
I'm squeezing the life out of an iBook 500 running panther. The computer is just a mess, the screen won't latch shut, the power cable and/or connector is jacked up. I can live with a non latching laptop, as it still goes to sleep when closed. The problem is that my wife tripped over the power cable a few months ago, bending things all over the place.
I'm sure you all know the iBook uses an RCA looking power cable that wraps around a 'puck'. To describe the damage, think about taking a similar RCA audio cable (like on a DVD/VCR), and yanking it out sideways rather than straight out. It still works, but behaves like there's a short. I have to position the cable just right for power to go through. I don't know if I just shorted the cable, or if the logic board in the laptop is cracked. I have an idea to test this, and that's where you guys come in.
I want to hack off the end of the power cable and solder an actual RCA plug to the end. Any reason this wouldn't work? I don't want to send too much juice through the RCA plug and melt it or something.
Yes, I know I can spend way too much money on a replacement cable, but I don't have that kind of cash, and the cable might not be the problem.
I'm squeezing the life out of an iBook 500 running panther. The computer is just a mess, the screen won't latch shut, the power cable and/or connector is jacked up. I can live with a non latching laptop, as it still goes to sleep when closed. The problem is that my wife tripped over the power cable a few months ago, bending things all over the place.
I'm sure you all know the iBook uses an RCA looking power cable that wraps around a 'puck'. To describe the damage, think about taking a similar RCA audio cable (like on a DVD/VCR), and yanking it out sideways rather than straight out. It still works, but behaves like there's a short. I have to position the cable just right for power to go through. I don't know if I just shorted the cable, or if the logic board in the laptop is cracked. I have an idea to test this, and that's where you guys come in.
I want to hack off the end of the power cable and solder an actual RCA plug to the end. Any reason this wouldn't work? I don't want to send too much juice through the RCA plug and melt it or something.
Yes, I know I can spend way too much money on a replacement cable, but I don't have that kind of cash, and the cable might not be the problem.