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Minnow27358y@spky Thank you! And yeah, the older Macs are really nice to repair. The newer ones with everything soldered together, not so much... 😥
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nmunro31888yIt's admirable you've kept it running for so long, but you have to admit... It's mostly a machine at this point, maybe it's time to let it be at peace...
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Minnow27358y@oscarascal The keyboard has layers, so I took it apart and put colored cellophane above the light diffuser
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This is my river baby, a laptop that was broken by its previous owner. It came to me with many dents (I covered those with stickers) and in a not booting state for about $300 after the guy dropped it in a river in South America.
- There is river sediment inside the screen, as well as the motherboard.
- If I put two sticks of RAM in it, the display artifacts all over the place and the computer crashes randomly. One slot must be empty.
- The ODD was filled with literal garbage. There is now a hard drive in its place.
- Running Windows through a VM would cause the WiFi to fail in a confusing manner. No one had ever seen that type of error before. I had to reseat the AirPort card.
- At one point, the power button stopped working, so I removed the keyboard and would start the computer by shorting two pads on the motherboard with a screwdriver.
- I’ve had all sorts of strange issues with it because of the water damage.
- I colored the keyboard with cellophane... 😅
After taking it apart for the 100th time, it’s now completely stable. I’ve had it for about 4 years, but it’s getting slow. I’m not sure what will come after the beloved river baby...
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