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correction: white electrical-pvc-tape around -very firmly-..

> ...only the ...wire.... around the core was worn out...

so i soldered it together and wacked a slither of copper across the 'break" and put electric-pvc-tape around..

got no ibook, is for a friend:

could someone with a working one check the voltages at the contacts: i only read around 3 volts..! is it defect??

-well the magnetic-part can have an electronic to check whether the adapter really is attached to the device and only then give 20v power-

for the record

am waiting for further feedback...

to get to the right position it needs complete disassembly...

-dislike to procede opening the ebook to avoid unneccessary damage to the joints etc

especially theses delicate foil-connectors only have a limited number of in/out-cycles...

are others out there less hesitating? -yet am quite convinced its the way to go!

...that the line coming from the controller-chip is in the depth only...

-then we could still try to desolder just the right cs / ce - pin on each memory-chip!

would like to try it myself...

got a suitable 2gb-card laying-around...

all i need:

did not yet find a PIN-LAYOUT of the board to identify the RIGHT line to open on the pcb...

(maybe it wont work as these pcbs are multi-layer and it could well be that the line coming from the controller-chip is in the depth only...)

anyone ever tried to put in a 2gb-ram AND switch OFF the internal 500mb <- should be possible by opening a single line called "chip enable" or "chip select" greez thomas@biopilze.de