Editing PowerBook 100 Capacitor Replacement Guide (section)

== After the recap ==
With the adapter connected, the PowerBook 100 should chime and show a picture. If the backlight lights and the machine responds but the screen stays blank, measure LCD_VEE at TP055; it should be about −22 V.<ref name="vee" /> A band of dead rows at the bottom of the screen after a recap usually means the leakage has already corroded the row driver connections, which owners have not been able to repair.<ref name="blue">68kMLA forum thread [https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/powerbook-100-1-8-of-screen-is-still-blue-after-recapping.49834/ "Powerbook 100 1/8 of screen is still blue after recapping"], May 2025. 3lectr1cPPC: failed row driver or corroded ribbon traces; very common; no practical fix. Community experience.</ref> Further fault-finding is on [[PowerBook 100 Troubleshooting]].

The original power adapters have their own leaking capacitors; see [[PowerBook 140 Troubleshooting#Power adapter]].