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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
SATA drive in an iBook G4, 1.33 GHz? Does it affect the trackpad?
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<blockquote data-quote="EvenStranger" data-source="post: 1268201" data-attributes="member: 181804"><p>None of the iBooks used SATA drives. They all used PATA. My guess, since you've seen similar results with two top cases, is one of the pins in the plug is crushed and not connecting properly. Look inside the connector on the motherboard and make sure all the pins are standing straight up. If any of them are crushed or bent, you may need to take a pair of needle nose pliers and very gently straighten it back up again. If none of the pins are bent, then it could just be a bad trackpad controller on the board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EvenStranger, post: 1268201, member: 181804"] None of the iBooks used SATA drives. They all used PATA. My guess, since you've seen similar results with two top cases, is one of the pins in the plug is crushed and not connecting properly. Look inside the connector on the motherboard and make sure all the pins are standing straight up. If any of them are crushed or bent, you may need to take a pair of needle nose pliers and very gently straighten it back up again. If none of the pins are bent, then it could just be a bad trackpad controller on the board. [/QUOTE]
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