[lucytune]

I have a broken socket where the power supply plugs into the G4 PowerBook.
This prevents me recharging the battery in this PowerBook.
Mac dealers tell me that I can only get it fixed by replacing the complete motherboard.
The part which is damaged is only the socket and the small board which
has a wire going from it to the rest of the machine.
Does anyone have this part (maybe from a dead mother board) that I
can buy from them so that I can solder it back together and get it charging?

I appreciate that this will void any warranty, yet a new 667 motherboard is not a viable proposition for me.

Thanks for your attention

Charles Lucy

lucy@harmonics.com
London UK

[Detrius]

If you have a warranty, why are you talking about doing it yourself? If it's under warranty, they will do it for you. If it's not under warranty, there is no warranty to be voided.


I'm assuming that you have a Titanium PowerBook G4. Without any more information, I can't give you much in the way of details.

Forgive me for my lack of certainty here, but it's been a while since I've been inside a PB G4.

If I remember correctly, most TiBooks have the DC-in jack on the motherboard. Some, however, do not. If the jack is not on the motherboard, you don't have to replace the motherboard to replace the jack. That's it.

I don't know about places in the UK that you could order from, but I know that Preowned Electronics is great here in the US. I don't know if they ship to the UK.

http://www.preowned.com

[Detrius]

BTW, if the socket is on the logic board, you could attempt to resolder the connections--that would probably be enough if done properly.