PowerBook 550c Service Source
The Macintosh PowerBook 550c Service Source is Apple's service manual for the PowerBook 550c, the Japan-only member of the PowerBook 500 series. This copy is a 175-page PDF created on 15 November 1995; its cover reads "This product is for Japan only". Each chapter restarts its own page numbering, so the page numbers below are PDF pages.[1] The 520, 520c, 540 and 540c are covered by the PowerBook 500 Series Service Source, which does not mention the 550c.
Contents
[edit | edit source]| Chapter | Topics |
|---|---|
| Basics | General information (3), service strategy (4), rear panel (5), screw matrix (6-7), cable matrix (8), PCMCIA module handling (9-10), battery information and handling (11-13) |
| Specifications | Processor (16), memory (17), disk storage (18), I/O interfaces (19-20), I/O devices (21), sound and video (22), electrical (23), physical (24), environmental (25), modem, SCSI adapter and PCMCIA module (26) |
| Troubleshooting | General (28), symptom charts: startup (29), power (30-33), video (34-37), floppy drive (38-40), hard drive (41), peripherals (42-48), internal modem (49-53), PCMCIA module (54), miscellaneous (55-56) |
| Take Apart | Battery and PCMCIA module (58-62), keyboard (63-66), hard drive (67-70), clutch covers (71-73), display access cover (74-75), display assembly (76-78), centre base cover (79-81), floppy drive (82-89), daughterboard EMI shield (90-91), daughterboard (92-94), top case (95-99), fuse (100-101), interconnect-to-logic-board cable (102-103), side panels (104-105), CPU stiffener (106-110), lifter feet (111-112), motherboard (113-116), hard drive cable (117-118), rear door (119-120), bottom case (121-122), microphone (123-124), backup battery (125-127), trackpad (128-132), display bezel (133-136), display (137-139), inverter board (140-141), interconnect board (142-143), interconnect-to-inverter cable (144-145), interconnect-to-display cable (146-147), clutches (148-149), display EMI shield (150-151), display rear housing (152) |
| Upgrades | RAM card (154-157), modem and DAA cards (158-163), PCMCIA module (164-166) |
| Additional Procedures | Power manager reset (168), battery verification (169-170), backup battery verification (171-172), AC adapter voltage test (173) |
| Exploded View | 175 |
What it settles
[edit | edit source]- Power manager reset (p. 168): remove the adapter and battery, wait 3 to 5 minutes, hold Control, Command, Option and Power On together for 5 to 10 seconds, refit the battery and switch on.
- Battery (pp. 169-170): about 10.8 V fully charged and 7.8 V fully discharged on the 10 V DC range; a pack stored out of the computer may fall to 5.0 V.
- Backup battery (pp. 171-172): rechargeable; leave the machine on the adapter for 48 hours to recharge it.
- AC adapter (p. 173): pins 1 (VBATT) and 2 (VMAIN) 16.4 to 16.6 V; pins 3 and 4 ground and ground sense, measured against the connector shell.
- A machine that will not power up gets, after the adapter and battery checks, a new motherboard fuse, part 922-1116 (pp. 33, 100-101, 175).
- Clicking when the lid is closed (p. 56): refit the centre base cover with the screw nearest the SCSI port first.
- Service parts (p. 175) include the daughterboard 661-0982, display 661-0983, inverter board 922-1445, main battery 661-0055, backup battery 922-0786, Japanese keyboard J661-1001 and power adapter 922-0825.
What this manual does not contain
[edit | edit source]- No schematics and no component values; capacitor lists from MacDat are given on PowerBook 550c.
- No coverage of the other 500-series models, although it states that the 550c uses the same cables as the 520 and 540 (p. 8).
Pages that cite this document
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Download: PowerBook 550c Service Source.pdf (2.0 MB)
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Apple Computer, Macintosh PowerBook 550c Service Source, File:PowerBook 550c Service Source.pdf. Extracted from the Internet Archive item apple-mac-technical-reference-and-repair-manuals-cd, file /REPAIRMA/POWERBOO/POWERBOO.K55.