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Thanks for the advice mate. Sorry about always seeming to be in a hurry. I have both ASD and ADHD, so I can get quite hung up on certain things very easily, and also I don't really have the greatest understanding of social interactions. Sorry about any negative feelings I might have caused you...

Thanks again I think that I will go and get it. Thanks again.

So you think that it is still a good opportunity? Because it also looks like the screen is good and it would be good to have a spare screen incase mine breaks or something like that. Same goes for other components. And also I have been having a bit of trouble with my screen bezel reassembly and...

Hi I am new to this side of the forums, and I saw your post and thought I would pitch in and try to answer your question. From my experience, I don't exactly think that is normal behaviour, unless you have it set to behave like that in software. I will check and post an update in a few minutes...

Ok thanks mate, I will see how things go. If I don't mind me asking though, would it be worthwhile getting another Powerbook 170? The description says it is for parts not working, but the story is that it was working perfectly, until it fell off of a shelf and landed on hard wood flooring. It...

I will have to give it another watch, but I am not sure if he covers all the things that I was wanting to know, but I will definitely give it a watch again. Thank you. I will post an update on the situation with the laptop itself once I have fixed the misaligned screw post. :)

Ok but I would like to direct your attention to this thread, on pages 6 and 7, the first reply on page 6 is the one I am mainly referencing. https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/tunnel-vision-on-pb170.778/page-6

Ok, firstly I just want to start off by saying sorry for the late reply, life has gotten busy lately, but I should be able to work on the powerbook 170 some more in the foreseeable future. Secondly, I would to say that yes one of the posts that is used to hold the screw in place, was out of...

I figured as much, but I done know where the fault would be though. I will have to keep you all posted. But just as a form of extra information, the bezel is just simply not setting properly around the right hand side hinge, and when I look at it, it looks as though the item that is most likely...

I will have to show you what seems to be coming up when I don't have the HDD connected. Plus can I ask if it is normal for the screen bezel to not sit quite right after reassembling the display construction? I am feeling as though I am having to modify the shell slightly to allow me to put it...

Ok thank you.

Any advice or insight into both what is going on and how to fix it would be greatly appreciated.

And I also have power button functionality back. I don't care about the tunnel vision at this stage I just want the thing to work some what.

Hey ok so this is what I am getting now. I think you were right with is being a bad cap. Now all I need it to see if there is still something wrong with it or if this is normal? Because no sad mac or anything on the screen.

Also does the bottom of this capacitor look like it has started leaking? And also do you think that this reflow job for all of the solder point on the underside of the psu board is good? (Ingore the holes they are just where I have removed to two biggest caps.)

Ok so if it is shorting where abouts would it be most likely to be shorting?

Here are the photos.

Ok I will do that as soon as I get home.

Ok so even if the psu is putting out so.ething between 1.1v and 2.4v would that still be enough to occasionally turn on the backlight of the screen? And also causing the stated chips to to heat up.

Ok thanks, I will give it a go. I have already cracked it open, and quite cleanly I might add if I do say so myself, I can even just pop it back together no problem and open it as well. Regarding the cap leakage, there doesn't seem to be any leakage, but I can check that when I come to do it...