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  • non-working iBook G3 700Mhz and a faint electrical smell

    From jasonmbowen@jasonmbowen@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 17:37:49
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    Hello all,

    My wife bought a G3 ibook in 2002 and it did her well, I even ran over
    it on my bike on accident and it kept plugging away. The logic board
    did go bad on it and was replaced under warranty but now it has a new
    problem. The iBook won't turn on but strangely when you open it up,
    there is a faint electrical smell. The smell simply happens from
    opening the laptop and before any attempt at powering up happens. I've
    had a tech say it could be the motherboard and possibly the power
    inverter. What could cause it to have a faint electrical smell by the
    act of just opening the top?

    Jason

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  • From paulmd@efn.org@paulmd@efn.org to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 18:26:51
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    jasonmbowen@gmail.com wrote:
    Hello all,

    My wife bought a G3 ibook in 2002 and it did her well, I even ran over
    it on my bike on accident and it kept plugging away. The logic board
    did go bad on it and was replaced under warranty but now it has a new problem. The iBook won't turn on but strangely when you open it up,
    there is a faint electrical smell. The smell simply happens from
    opening the laptop and before any attempt at powering up happens. I've
    had a tech say it could be the motherboard and possibly the power
    inverter. What could cause it to have a faint electrical smell by the
    act of just opening the top?

    Jason

    That's the magic smoke you let out. It won't work until you put it all
    back!
    Opening the top just releases the odor from whence it came.


    :)

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  • From bobbagoose@bobbagoose@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 03:28:48
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Have you tried using deodourant?

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