PowerBook G3 Pismo PRAM Battery Replacement

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PowerBook G3 Pismo PRAM Battery Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Easy

Schritte

9

Zeitaufwand

Keine Schätzung

Einleitung

The time and date, as well as other settings, are kept by the PRAM battery when your machine is off.

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    • Turn the keyboard locking screw so that it is parallel to the space bar.

    • Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.

    • Lift the keyboard out by pulling it up and away from you. Rest the keyboard, face down, on top of the track pad.

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    • Pull the keyboard ribbon straight up from the logic board. Place the keyboard aside.

    • The connector may be tight. Gently rock the connector from side to side while pulling directly upward to free it. You can use this technique on many of the cards and cables you'll be disconnecting.

    • Make sure you have removed the laptop battery and CD/DVD modules from the expansion bays before proceeding.

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    • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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    • Remove the two silver Phillips #1 screws that attach the heat shield to the internal metal framework.

    • Lift the heat shield up and pull it toward you.

    On my M7572, these are T9s not Philips.

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    • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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    • Skip this step if your computer does not have an Airport card installed.

    • Firmly grasp the plastic tab attached to the Airport card and pull up and then to the right.

    • The Airport card is still attached to the antenna cable, so don't just yank it out of the slot.

    On mine, the airport card had been put it with the orange ribbon OVER the top, so had to unplug the righthand connector and then plug it back in after (see pic for Step 8)

    Rufleyboy -

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    • Disconnect the antenna cable from the Airport card.

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    • Pull the battery cable directly up from the logic board.

    • Remove the battery from its holder by pulling up and to the left.

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    • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

Abschluss

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Tinte & Feder

iRobot

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5 Kommentare

Frankly speaking I do not have idea why do I need steps 2-7 to replace battery? Why I can't go directly to step 8 if it is possible? BTW - the battery seems to be composed from 4 standard batteries. Is anyone aware how to assembly new battery? It is not available as spare part (616-0108)

Tomek -

Agreed, I just successfully removed my PRAM battery skipping all those steps, just popped the keyboard out, removed the DVD drive from the right-hand out and popped that bad boy out, no problemo.

Edward Gain -

I read that you "removed the DVD drive from the right-hand out...." I'm baffled as to what you mean or how that is done. Can you explain that step?

Scott Kohanek -

Why do I need to remove the airport card? It's just like telling somebody to remove their shoes to take off their hat?

christopher Ng -

Wish I had read the comments before proceeding. Just removed the Airport card and put it back in for no reason. Thanks for the instructions though.

j.boersma -