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PowerBook G3 Series Service Source

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The PowerBook G3 Series Service Source is Apple's service manual for the second-generation PowerBook G3, family number M4753, known as "Wallstreet" and, in its later configurations, "Wallstreet II" or "PDQ". This copy is a 236-page PDF created on 4 May 1998 and last modified on 2 August 1999. Its configuration tables cover the models of May, September and October 1998. Each chapter restarts its own page numbering, so the page numbers below are PDF pages.[1] The family is described on PowerBook G3.

Contents

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Chapters and topics (PDF pages)
Chapter Topics
Hot Issues Identifying circuit boards by ID code (4-7), intermittent video on the 13.3-inch display (8-9)
Basics Product overview (11-13), system configurations (14-18), DVD-Video PC Card (19-20), repair strategy (21-24), warranty (25), repair issues and board compatibility (26-30), hard disks and HFS Plus (31-33), expansion bay modules (34), battery information (35-36), PC Card handling (37-38), views (39-42), boards and cards (43-47)
Specifications Specifications and data sheet (49-56)
Troubleshooting Symptom charts: startup (59-60), power (61-67), video (68-71), sound (72), floppy drive (73-75), hard drive (76), CD-ROM/DVD-ROM (77-78), PC Card (79-81), DVD-Video PC Card (82-84), infrared (85), modem (86), peripherals (87-92), miscellaneous (93-94, 96); startup flowchart (95)
Take Apart Tools (98), screw matrix (99-100), cables (101), expansion bay modules (102-103), keyboard (104-109), heat sink (110-112), RAM (113-114), clutch cover (115-117), display (118-121), hard drive (122-126), modem (127-128), microprocessor board (129-131), top case assembly (132-163), bottom case assembly (164-193), 13.3-inch display (194-211)
Additional Procedures PMU flex cable gasket (213), keycap replacement (214-217), I/O wall EMI shield (218-221), battery shim replacement (222-224), battery verification (225-226), power adapter verification (227), backup battery verification (228-229), PRAM and power manager reset (230-231)
Exploded View 233-236

What it settles

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  • Board part numbers and ID codes (pp. 4-5, 28): processor boards 661-2035 (233 MHz, no cache), 661-2089 (233 MHz, 512K), 661-2036 (250 MHz, 1 MB), 661-2097 (266 MHz, 1 MB), 661-2021 (292 MHz, 1 MB) and 661-2088 (300 MHz, 1 MB); I/O logic boards 661-2058, 661-2094, 661-2087 and 661-2019.
  • Board compatibility (p. 30): the early processor boards (661-2021, -2035, -2036) do not work with I/O board 661-2087, and the later ones (661-2088, -2089, -2097) work only with 661-2087.
  • Intermittent vertical lines, flicker or a screen fading to white on 13.3-inch models is the internal display cable, not the logic board or display (pp. 8-9).
  • A partly seated processor board still runs, but works loose with heat and causes intermittent faults; press it home a second time (pp. 26-27).
  • Power manager reset (p. 231): with the machine shut down, press Shift-Fn-Control-Power together, wait five seconds, then press Power. Apple repeats this three or four times when the sleep LED stays lit (p. 61).
  • The backup battery takes about 48 hours on the adapter to recharge (pp. 228-229). Apple gives no test for the power adapter beyond trying another (p. 227).
  • An EMI shield touching the adapter plug's outer shield stops the battery charging while the machine runs (pp. 66-67).

What this manual does not contain

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Pages that cite this document

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Internal hardware locator (PDF p. 47)

Download: PowerBook G3 Series Service Source.pdf (7.5 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ Apple Computer, PowerBook G3 Series Service Source, File:PowerBook G3 Series Service Source.pdf. Extracted from the Internet Archive item apple-mac-technical-reference-and-repair-manuals-cd, file /REPAIRMA/POWERBO1/PBG3WALL.PDF.


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