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Logic board of the Macintosh Portable: where to find information?

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The Little Elfe - 24 Sep 2008 22:35 GMT
Hello,

where can I find docs, info... about the logic board (661-0470) of the Mac
Portable 5120?

My built-in speaker doesn't work well. And I may have a problem on the
logic board and I would like to know what to do.

Thanks for your help,
The Little Elfe
Ben - 25 Sep 2008 18:12 GMT
> Hello,
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> Thanks for your help,
> The Little Elfe

I have the Service manual for this (1MB PDF) but it does not have
circuits etc, I don,t think Apple EVER released circuits for any Macs.
Ben.
The Little Elfe - 25 Sep 2008 23:31 GMT
>> Hello,
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> circuits etc, I don,t think Apple EVER released circuits for any Macs.
> Ben.

I am disappointed because I have now spare parts to repair it. Do you
know where I could find any help ?

Thank you,
The Little Elfe
Mac Dude - 01 Oct 2008 06:28 GMT
> >> Hello,
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> Thank you,
> The Little Elfe

Hmm... Are you saying you *have* parts (then why disappointed?) or you have *no*
parts...??

Anyway, schematics will be tough to find. Gamba
(http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/index.html) has pointers to service manuals.
Mac Gurus (www.macgurus.com) has some mobo layouts, but not schematics.

I don't know the Portable, but the speaker should be replaceable w/o schematic
IF you can find a replacement that fits. You also may want to check its
impedance; an Ohmmeter will at least give you the dc value.

What other symptoms do you see?

Mac Dude.
The Little Elfe - 01 Oct 2008 22:58 GMT
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> Mac Dude.

Thanks Mac Dude for your help.
Now I knew more. Speakers is a secondary problem. The fact is that when
turning on the Mac Portable (M5120), the screen remains desesperately
black, no sad/happy Mac, no try to check itself or to access to the hard
disk, nothing. Seems that the Portable can't do initialise (?).

I am disappointed because I thought the most difficult thing to find was
the parts. But it seems that it is also very difficult to find the
schematics for this logic board or somebody who may know what to do in this
case. Perhaps have you these elements ?

thanks for the links, I have already the service manual for the Portable
but nothing about the schematics, the chips of the logic board.
The Little Elfe
 
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