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Found photos of another person's broken right-side hinge holder. Poor guy tried and failed with 3 screws! 😯 If we can eliminate these issues by "spring removal," it would absolutely be worth doing. I'm just unsure how do it in a way that won't damage the hinges. 😰

I decided to cut a little triangular-shaped piece from my transparent Polycarbonate resin board to solvent weld over one spot that was cracked originally. It didn't crack all the way through there and was the only location where the hinge holder was still holding on. This weld covers more...

Folks, Here are more photos of the CCFL tube, end caps, and texture of the diffuser panel behind the LCD... Diameter of the CCFL tube, as measured nearest the end caps (I can expose about 1mm or so of the tube from under the paper covering it, at the ends): Back side of LCD (backlight tube...

Below are photos of mine (before I cleaned out the old grease). What is your technique to removing one of the springs? (And are you able to put them back?)

Here’s my low power mouse with the small and light ball that’s really terrible and the normal size connector…

@David Cook I appreciate your photos! Do both of your low-power mice have the long ADB connector, or normal size connector?

I followed your lead and opened my cylindrical hinges, wiped off all visible old grease inside, then dipped one end of a cotton swab in fresh grease and applied that amount. Did you use a lot more grease than that? I use grease sparingly on my floppy drive lubes, but I'm not sure if that's...

The normal 80mA or so Apple ADB Mice will work on the Portable, but they post a greater battery drain, which is why the low-power model is recommended. But my low-power mouse is the one with the small and lightweight ball which isn't great at all to use. I wonder if they made low power...

Apple Mice with the "low power circular symbol below" are not common to my collection, as I only have one... And I have no idea why some ADB plugs on mice would need to be longer than the shorter ones. Shorter would seem to be better to keep it plugged in place. But the big question is...

Understood. Thank you! Quick unrelated question... Starting from 34:46 in your video, your battery is removed and your recapped AC Adapter is connected to the Battery Eliminator but your 5126 wouldn't boot. You then disconnected the AC Adapter's plug from the Battery Eliminator and connected...

I've seen "photos only" of screens that have very bright backlight. And the color is different too. Mine is dim and rather yellow like you saw earlier in this thread, but the bright ones like the photo below seem bluish... Is that why you've never swapped the stock CCFL tube before? I...

Anyway... As I mentioned in the video I posted about a half hour ago, the little piece of plastic that looks like a latch of some sort actually serves no purpose at all that I can see... Nothing seems to fit inside it. What that means is I could put a clump of JB Weld on the left side...

Holy cow, I just noticed that Jason has a cracked right hinge holder too! Have a close look at his ribs, which are mostly missing in the middle! SOURCE VIDEO What's even more fascinating is that his machine doesn't have any of that chrome paint at all! Wow. Later in that same video, it...

Thank you both for measuring! The spreadsheet is now perfect, I think!

77 DPI for the Mac Portable is expected and matches my Spreadsheet value. But the 84.8 DPI for the PB100 is at odds with the 81 DPI calculated from the measurements of @T-Man . I personally prefer metric measuring devices, unless the ruler or measuring tape in inches has super fine divisions...

DCM solvent welded Polycarbonate Rib Reinforcement for Mac Portable

Well, I'm actually glad to hear you feel "it's a toss-up" because I already DCM solvent-welded the transparent piece to the back of the ribs today on my lunch break. :) I will shoot some photos for you this evening after work. The only thing I've not yet decided is if I want to drill in order...

I cannot speak as broadly as "all 68K Portables," but the first trio of MONOCHROME PowerBooks were square corners.

@joevt Thank you for your advice! It seems you are suggesting that I do NOT DCM-weld the transparent plastic piece over the backs of the ribs and instead use only JB Weld Original all across the back. Correct? After many hours of research with ChatGPT, it seems the better JB Bumper Weld...

@T-Man & @joevt ChatGPT is faster than using a calculator when you already have the basic template, which I filled out using the measured data of the previous post as follows: Monochrome LCD screen with square pixels. Resolution: 640x480 pixels Height: 5 2/8" Width: 8 4/8" Diagonal: 9 7/8"...