Installing PowerBook G3 Pismo Sound Card

Add Note Introduction

Tripped over your power cord? Well, at least you don't have to replace the entire logic board.

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Add Note 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 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 Step 3

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

Add NoteNotes: Introduction

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Flag Reply by prax5487 Aug 16 @ 1:36 PM

I recently was trying to replace the hard drive in my Pismo, but didn't unplug the computer. I didn't realize this until after I'd taken out the hard drive. The result was that the computer would not start. The hard drive wouldn't start spinning, there was no startup chime. I replaced the sound card and now it boots and runs fine.