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JDW
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I broke and fixed Macintosh Portable (backlight). Attached backlight circuit schematic that I reverse engineered
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Fantastic info! Love your partial schematic too! And to think... This is your FIRST POST here on TinkerDifferent! I'd like to...
Jun 11, 2026
JDW
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Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver
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Noise suppression of ceramic caps is sometimes done by drilling holes in the board around the cap so the PCB won't act as a speaker...
Jun 10, 2026
JDW
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Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver
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@David Cook Are you 100% certain its the coil and not the cheap ceramic caps? The expand and contract in some circuits, and like a...
Jun 10, 2026
JDW
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Portable CCFL Backlight Replacement with Off-the-shelf LED Strip Driver
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@David Cook You're like Scotty -- a real "miracle worker." I'm floored by the excellent detailed info you provided. You, sir, are to...
Jun 9, 2026
JDW
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Logic Board - Macintosh SE Reloaded
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It’s actually pretty critical because I have accidentally reversed the cable I was inserting on the internal SCSI connector on my SE/30...
Jun 8, 2026
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