PowerBook G3 Pismo PRAM Battery Replacement
- Author: iRobot
- Difficulty: Easy
The time and date, as well as other settings, are kept by the PRAM battery when your machine is off.
Sections
- Keyboard 3 steps
- Heat Shield 2 steps
- Airport Card 2 steps
- PRAM Battery 2 steps
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Turn the keyboard locking screw so that it is parallel to the space bar.
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Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.
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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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Remove the two silver Phillips #1 screws that attach the heat shield to the internal metal framework.
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Lift the heat shield up and pull it toward you.
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Firmly grasp the plastic tab attached to the Airport card and pull up and then to the right.
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Pull the battery cable directly up from the logic board.
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Remove the battery from its holder by pulling up and to the left.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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6 Comments
Guide
Frankly speaking I do not have idea why do I need steps 2-7 to replace battery? Why I can't go directly to step 8 if it is possible? BTW - the battery seems to be composed from 4 standard batteries. Is anyone aware how to assembly new battery? It is not available as spare part (616-0108)
Tomek - Reply
Agreed, I just successfully removed my PRAM battery skipping all those steps, just popped the keyboard out, removed the DVD drive from the right-hand out and popped that bad boy out, no problemo.
Edward Gain - Reply
I read that you "removed the DVD drive from the right-hand out...." I'm baffled as to what you mean or how that is done. Can you explain that step?
Scott Kohanek -
Why do I need to remove the airport card? It's just like telling somebody to remove their shoes to take off their hat?
christopher Ng - Reply
Step 4
On my M7572, these are T9s not Philips.
Rufleyboy - Reply
Step 6
On mine, the airport card had been put it with the orange ribbon OVER the top, so had to unplug the righthand connector and then plug it back in after (see pic for Step 8)
Rufleyboy - Reply