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Powerbook g4 bad home made charger
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<blockquote data-quote="benwong986" data-source="post: 920940" data-attributes="member: 125531"><p>Ok so ive had a powerbook g4 for bout 5 years and have gone through about 3 chargers. my current charger was starting to fall apart so i ordered a new one off ebay, but i was impatient and decided to splice the charger up and make my own and ended up not using a ground wire and may have reversed the polarity. i am still using the original battery which has about 20 minutes of life without being plugged in. </p><p></p><p>Now when i plug it into an older charger the screen does not come on and it sounds like the hard drive or fan is just spinning constantly.</p><p></p><p>What did i fry? is my battery/hard drive shot?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benwong986, post: 920940, member: 125531"] Ok so ive had a powerbook g4 for bout 5 years and have gone through about 3 chargers. my current charger was starting to fall apart so i ordered a new one off ebay, but i was impatient and decided to splice the charger up and make my own and ended up not using a ground wire and may have reversed the polarity. i am still using the original battery which has about 20 minutes of life without being plugged in. Now when i plug it into an older charger the screen does not come on and it sounds like the hard drive or fan is just spinning constantly. What did i fry? is my battery/hard drive shot? [/QUOTE]
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