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Day 37 The epoxy on the PowerBook 190cs repairs has hardened a little more... maybe enough to assemble everything and see what holds. Starting with the screen, the speaker mount (steel strap) was missing. I found a piece of thin flexible grounding/shield metal and cut a strip and drilled two...

Day 35-36 Let's end this month with a couple failures (or call them redo projects for the future). First, the PowerBook 190cs epoxy fixes: the epoxy was mixed and applied three days ago. It is still a little gooey like a hard taffy. I was able to remove the clay molds from the bottom but...

EveryMac shows it should do 6GB... Have you zapped PRAM (CMD-Option-P-R) for 3 chimes before booting? Have you reset SMC?

Day 34 I finished soldering up the last of the 5 Mini-Amps I built for my Apple Pro Speakers. Three white, one black, one natural (semi-clear). They are all a little bit different and unique (random screws, different power plugs, etc). More soldering. My bodge wire arrived, so I dove into...

I filled in the form from their website and requested contact with the site owner. Left a message, we will see what happens.

https://whois.domaintools.com/macgurus.com shows a generic privacy email of: Registrant City: London Registrant State/Province: London Registrant Postal Code: E14 9NN Registrant Country: GB Registrant Phone: +44.2030262854 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant...

"Email us at PCSupport any time or use the form below." Circa 2010. Last forum capture was 2019.

Last pull from the wayback machine that still has their sales website active is from July 2024, so they have been shutdown for 6 months. Maybe you can harvest the contact form there or see if there are any other email links.

Day 33 I spent this morning working on the PowerBook 190cs. Today is an attempt to fix some of the aged plastic and the broken points. The back of the LCD bezel had four failure points. Two of the failure points: I don't think I can repair the lower hook tabs. The other two failure points...

Day 32 I have been soldering up and completing some amps for my Apple Pro Speakers. 3 complete, 2 to finish yet. How the light shines through on the different colored cases. I am currently working on creating some controlled molds and forms to hold the epoxy I intend to put on the...

Day 31 (part 2) It's a Friday night, so I stayed up later than I should... Working on the 190cs battery terminal repair. De-soldered the connector from the motherboard, soaked it in white vinegar for a couple hours with intermittent agitation. Then I bathed it in IPA to cancel the vinegar...

Day 31 I finished installing 7.6 on the PowerBook 190cs. System info: I bought another PowerBook G4 15" 1.5GHz off eBay plus delivery for $20 total. Arrived just today. It was listed as "no post to bios" and "water damage and pressure points on the screen." Screen looks fine except for a...

Congrats on finally figuring out that G5 SSD issue!

Day 30 (part 2) Still working on the PowerBook 190cs. I added a CF-to-IDE adapter with a 4GB CF card. Here is a bonus: When you have the 190 motherboard out of the case, the 5300 CD-ROM drive will connect and be useful! I booted off a Mac OS 7 CD. Oops, this model only supports 7.5.2 to...

@Yoda Yes, I would be interested in the 190 badges! I will PM you. Day 30 (so far) I started to try to rebuild the pins on the battery connector. I have a copper shield from a laptop power supply that I cut a thin strip from. Then bent it in roughly a shape I think will work. Angled view...

Day 29 I stopped by the Free Geek Twin Cities (Minneapolis) and found this gem: PowerBook 190cs for US$10 Apparently it belonged to Tristan. Any idea how to remove scratches like these? Otherwise it appears relatively clean. Missing the badges. Measured the screen and the 190 came with...

Drill it out. Turn the laptop so the mobo is vertical, with the drive towards the edge of the table... that way any metal falls down instead of into the motherboard (drill horizontally). Slow speed with a drill bit the size of the screw head, the screws should be soft enough. You just have...

Day 27 I received some "for parts only" iBook batteries. A couple charged up, but I am sure have no holding power. One actually had screws, so it was easy to disassemble. The others are likely hours of glue busting work. I will have to order about 24 cells and see what happens. Day 28...

Day 26 I found a different power plug for my Apple Pro Speakers mini amp, so I modified my files and started printing 3 more cases in white. And I will likely print the 5th one in Gray. The White PLA seems to be softer than black, and the layers are quite a bit more visible in the white...

Wifi Issues: Just throwing some wild guesses out there. -Did you check the G5 PRAM battery? -Is your time/date set correctly? -Did you create a new account on the G5 or are you using an account from elsewhere that was transferred (maybe permissions or preferences are set incorrectly)...