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   Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 16:47:16 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

   I’m back to trying to bring my ThinkPad 701C (the one with the “butterfly” keyboard) back to life. The only thing that is still vexing me is the display backlight inverter board. I just replaced the blown fuse on it, and when I went to power it on, the magic smoke came out of *something* on it. All the parts on the inverter are available, so I might just do a full rebuild.

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     Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 16:47:13 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

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     OMG the documents list! This was definitely last used by a little kid. Casa Bonita (Colorado people will know this), I love my cute puppy, Me and my cat… this is adorable

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     Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 16:47:14 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

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     NetZero, Netscape, RealPlayer, ICQ… lots of gems on this one

     Tobias Hellgren repeated this.
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     Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 16:47:15 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

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     Found the smoke producer - a shorted tantalum cap!

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     Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 16:47:15 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

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     Replacement capacitors came in today! And the backlight now works! (And so does the original hard drive which apparently has Windows 95 installed)

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     Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙 (polpo@bitbang.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 16:47:16 JST Ian Scott :apple_inc: 🐙

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     • BigBadBiologist

     I’m taking parts off the board to test them. I’m using a trick I saw on @BigBadBiologist’s streams to use utility knife blades as easily repositionable heat shields. Much faster than cutting and sticking aluminum tape!