Installing PowerBook G3 Pismo Display

  • Author: iRobot
  • Difficulty: Moderate
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Change out the entire display assembly, including the hinges and plastic casing.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Keyboard  ¶ 

  • Turn the keyboard locking screw so that it is parallel to the space bar.

  • Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.

  • Lift the keyboard out by pulling it up and away from you. Rest the keyboard, face down, on top of the track pad.

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Add Note Edit Step 2  ¶ 

  • Pull the keyboard ribbon straight up from the logic board. Place the keyboard aside.

  • The connector may be tight. Gently rock the connector from side to side while pulling directly upward to free it. You can use this technique on many of the cards and cables you'll be disconnecting.

  • Make sure you have removed the laptop battery and CD/DVD modules from the expansion bays before proceeding.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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Add Note Edit Step 4 — Heat Shield  ¶ 

  • Remove the two silver Phillips #1 screws that attach the heat shield to the internal metal framework.

  • Lift the heat shield up and pull it toward you.

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Add Note Edit Step 5  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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Add Note Edit Step 6 — Airport Card  ¶ 

  • Skip this step if your computer does not have an Airport card installed.

  • Firmly grasp the plastic tab attached to the Airport card and pull up and then to the right.

  • The Airport card is still attached to the antenna cable, so don't just yank it out of the slot.

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Add Note Edit Step 7  ¶ 

  • Disconnect the antenna cable from the Airport card.

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Add Note Edit Step 8 — PRAM Battery  ¶ 

  • Pull the battery cable directly up from the logic board.

  • Remove the battery from its holder by pulling up and to the left.

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Add Note Edit Step 9  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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Add Note Edit Step 10 — Heat Sink  ¶ 

  • Remove the long silver Phillips #1 screw from the heat sink.

  • Remove the two T8 Torx screws that attach the heat sink to the processor.

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Add Note Edit Step 11  ¶ 

  • Lift the heat sink up from the left side and pull it out.

  • If you need to mount the heat sink back into the laptop, we have a thermal paste guide that makes replacing the thermal compound easy.

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Add Note Edit Step 12 — Processor  ¶ 

  • Grasp the plastic tab on the processor's right side and pull it directly up.

  • Some processors may be missing the plastic pull tab. In this case, we suggest using a non-metal tool to gently pry up the processor. Slip the tool's thin edge under the front right corner of the processor and carefully pry it up.

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Add Note Edit Step 13  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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Add Note Edit Step 14 — Modem  ¶ 

  • Remove the black Torx screw from the right side of the modem.

  • Remove the small black plastic rectangle with four holes.

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Add Note Edit Step 15  ¶ 

  • Use the tips of your fingers, a spudger, or a flat non-metal tool to get under the modem's edge and pry it up from its socket.

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Add Note Edit Step 16  ¶ 

  • Disconnect the cable from the right side of the modem.

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Add Note Edit Step 17 — Hard Drive  ¶ 

  • Grasp the orange cable at the left end of the hard drive and disconnect it from the logic board.

  • Try to grasp the cable on the plastic connector rather than on the flexible cable section.

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Add Note Edit Step 18  ¶ 

  • Grasp the plastic tab and pull the hard drive up and to the left, making sure that the metal bracket doesn't catch on the black plastic casing.

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Add Note Edit Step 19  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

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Add Note Edit Step 20 — Clutch Cover  ¶ 

  • Push the display back so that it lies flat.

  • Slip your index finger or a nylon tool under the clutch cover near the power button and pull gently upward until you feel it come free.

  • Repeat the previous step on the left side.

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Add Note Edit Step 21  ¶ 

  • Lift the clutch cover up and off, rotating it toward yourself.

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Add Note Edit Step 22 — Inverter  ¶ 

  • Grasp the orange display data cable and disconnect it from the logic board.

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Add Note Edit Step 23  ¶ 

  • Remove the single black Torx screw that fastens the display cable to the plastic casing.

  • Grasp the thin display inverter board at its left end; lift up and rotate toward yourself.

  • There are two tabs that hold the display inverter in place; these are what you need to get past in order to pull the board free.

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Add Note Edit Step 24  ¶ 

  • Disconnect the white inverter cable from the right end of the board

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Add Note Edit Step 25  ¶ 

  • Disconnect the inverter plug, pulling directly up from the logic board.

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Add Note Edit Step 26 — Display  ¶ 

  • Turn the laptop around so that its back faces you.

  • Open the port door located at the back of the laptop.

  • Remove the four black Torx screws.

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Add Note Edit Step 27  ¶ 

  • Returning to the front, pull the black Airport antenna up from its recessed housing.

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Add Note Edit Step 28  ¶ 

  • Hold the display on both sides and pull directly up until its hinges are free of their mounts.

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Add Note Edit Step 29  ¶ 

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

For more information, check out the PowerBook G3 Pismo device page.

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