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Q: The Green Light Blinketh, the Lombard Stinketh

Do I need a new sound/power card?

Took this Lombard out of a drawer and now I remember why it was there. When hooked up to known good power supply without battery, the green sleep light blinks on briefly and goes out. Only leaving it alone for a little while will let it do even that much again. Some of the time jiggling the power supply connector makes more green light, sometimes it doesn't. It is sort of consistent in its inconsistency.

With a known good battery, it starts up from a CD (right now it has no HD)and shows what it should. And the little battery indicator at the top of the screen was at first showing the lightning bolt to indicate battery being charged, but now it doesn't.

Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jan 5, 2008 8:28 PM

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Q: The Green Light Blinketh, the Lombard Stinketh

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  • by jpl,

    jpl jpl Jan 5, 2008 9:49 PM in response to Sludgedragon
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    Jan 5, 2008 9:49 PM in response to Sludgedragon
    Sludgedragon,

    "Do I need a new sound/power card?"

    I think that is a sound analysis.
  • by Denis Eddy,

    Denis Eddy Denis Eddy Jan 6, 2008 5:41 PM in response to Sludgedragon
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    Jan 6, 2008 5:41 PM in response to Sludgedragon
    Or, as MacMan suggests, see whether your soldering skills can persuade the DC input socket to renew its attachment to the board. The "Shall I? Shan't I?" behaviour has at least a chance of successful remedy before you go through the grind of replacement.
  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Jan 8, 2008 5:02 PM in response to Denis Eddy
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    Jan 8, 2008 5:02 PM in response to Denis Eddy
    The same disassembly is required for either solution.

    The soldering is very straightforward, and does not require delicate technique. You just need to get the parts hot enough to melt a big blob of solder on each of three connections, and try to keep the blobs from getting so big they engulf all three and short them together.