PowerBook G3 Pismo PC Card Cage Replacement - iFixit

PowerBook G3 Pismo PC Card CageReplacement

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PowerBook G3 Pismo PC Card Cage Rep… Draft: 2013-07-31Guide ID: 37 -

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INTRODUCTION

How to remove the PCMCIA card cage holder.

TOOLS:Anti-Static Wrist Strap (1)Phillips #0 Screwdriver (1)Spudger (1)T8 Torx Screwdriver (1)

PARTS:G3 Pismo PCMCIA Card Cage (1)




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Step 1 — Keyboard

Turn the keyboard locking screw sothat it is parallel to the space bar.

Pull the keyboard release tabstoward you and lift up on thekeyboard until it pops free.

Lift the keyboard out by pulling it upand away from you. Rest thekeyboard, face down, on top of thetrack pad.

Step 2

Pull the keyboard ribbon straight upfrom the logic board. Place thekeyboard aside.

The connector may be tight. Gentlyrock the connector from side to sidewhile pulling directly upward to freeit. You can use this technique onmany of the cards and cables you'llbe disconnecting.

Make sure you have removed thelaptop battery and CD/DVD modulesfrom the expansion bays beforeproceeding.




Step 3

Your laptop should lookapproximately like this.

Step 4 — Heat Shield

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

Lift the heat shield up and pull ittoward you.




Step 5


Step 6 — Airport Card

Skip this step if your computer doesnot have an Airport card installed.

Firmly grasp the plastic tab attachedto the Airport card and pull up andthen to the right.

The Airport card is still attached tothe antenna cable, so don't just yankit out of the slot.




Step 7

Disconnect the antenna cable fromthe Airport card.

Step 8 — PRAM Battery

Pull the battery cable directly upfrom the logic board.

Remove the battery from its holderby pulling up and to the left.




Step 9


Step 10 — Heat Sink

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

Remove the two T8 Torx screwsthat attach the heat sink to theprocessor.




Step 11

Lift the heat sink up from the leftside and pull it out.

If you need to mount the heat sinkback into the laptop, we have athermal paste guide that makesreplacing the thermal compoundeasy.

Step 12 — Processor

Grasp the plastic tab on theprocessor's right side and pull itdirectly up.

Some processors may be missingthe plastic pull tab. In this case, wesuggest using a non-metal tool togently pry up the processor. Slip thetool's thin edge under the front rightcorner of the processor and carefullypry it up.




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Step 13


Step 14 — Modem

Remove the black Torx screw fromthe right side of the modem.

Remove the small black plasticrectangle with four holes.




Step 15

Use the tips of your fingers, aspudger, or a flat non-metal tool toget under the modem's edge and pryit up from its socket.

Step 16

Disconnect the cable from the rightside of the modem.




Step 17 — Hard Drive

Grasp the orange cable at the leftend of the hard drive and disconnectit from the logic board.

Try to grasp the cable on the plasticconnector rather than on the flexiblecable section.

Step 18

Grasp the plastic tab and pull thehard drive up and to the left, makingsure that the metal bracket doesn'tcatch on the black plastic casing.




Step 19


Step 20 — Clutch Cover

Push the display back so that it liesflat.

Slip your index finger or a nylon toolunder the clutch cover near thepower button and pull gently upwarduntil you feel it come free.

Repeat the previous step on the leftside.




Step 21

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

Step 22 — Inverter

Grasp the orange display data cableand disconnect it from the logicboard.




Step 23

Remove the single black Torx screwthat fastens the display cable to theplastic casing.

Grasp the thin display inverter boardat its left end; lift up and rotatetoward yourself.

There are two tabs that hold thedisplay inverter in place; these arewhat you need to get past in order topull the board free.

Step 24

Disconnect the white inverter cablefrom the right end of the board




Step 25

Disconnect the inverter plug, pullingdirectly up from the logic board.

Step 26 — Display

Turn the laptop around so that itsback faces you.

Open the port door located at theback of the laptop.

Remove the four black Torx screws.




Step 27

Returning to the front, pull the blackAirport antenna up from its recessedhousing.

Step 28

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




Step 29


Step 30 — Upper Case

Disconnect the wide orange cablethat connects the airport card slot tothe logic board.




Step 31

Remove the three long silver andone short black Torx screws fromthe beige plastic casing.

Step 32

Slide the thin plastic shield awayfrom you, out from under the blackcasing.

Disconnect the newly revealed thinorange ribbon from the logic board.

Remove the two long silver Torxscrews.




Step 33

Turn the laptop over.

Remove the five short Torx screwsfrom the bottom casing.

Remove the two long Torx screws inthe front left and front right corners;make sure to put these back in theproper place when reassembling.

Step 34

Turn the laptop back over.

Remove three short black Torxscrews from the metal frame.

Remove the small Torx screw to thefar left that fastens the logic board tothe casing.




Step 35

Grasp the upper plastic casingwhere it locks into the internal frameand pull back. When the plastic tabhas cleared the slot that the casinglocks into, pull up enough to keep itfrom locking back into place.

Step 36

The PC card eject button on thelaptop's left side prevents the uppercasing from lifting up. In order tobypass the button, push it in farenough so that you can pull theupper casing's left side out and upbeyond the button.




Step 37

Lift the left side of the case partly upso that you can access anddisconnect the audio in/out cablesfrom the sound card in the upperright of the case.

Be careful not to lift the upper casingtoo far before you havedisconnected the audio in/out cablesor you may damage the sound card.

Remove the upper casing. Note thatthere are two tabs on the laptop'sfront that often cause the upper caseto stick.

Step 38





Step 39 — Power Card

Remove the two long silver Torxscrews from the power card in thecenter of the laptop

Step 40

Grasp the power card near the blackshield and lift up.




Step 41 — I/O EMI Shield

Gently clasp the left side of themetal shield between your thumband forefinger and carefully pull upand toward the front of the laptop.

Be very careful when removing theleftmost clip on the EMI Shield fromits slot, as this piece will bend veryeasily. This is one of the easiestparts to damage in the Pismo.

Step 42 — Framework

Remove the single short black Torxscrew anchoring the metalframework to the lower casing.

Use needle-nose pliers or a fivemillimeter nut driver to remove thesmall metal nut from the bolt.

If you're using pliers, be extremelycareful not to let them slip or youmay damage the logic board.




Step 43

Disconnect the fan cable from the left side of the logic board.

Step 44

Turn the laptop so that its back isfacing you.

Lift up on the left side of the metalframework and remove the singleblack Torx screw.




Step 45

Grasp the EMI Filter by its black endand rotate it toward the front of thelaptop. Pull the filter up and beyondthe screw bracket.

Remove the metal framework.

Step 46





Step 47 — Sound Card

Lift the sound card out by pulling upon both the right and left sides.

If the sound card sticks, pull theblack metal wall of the casingtoward you while lifting the right sideof the sound card up.

Step 48 — Logic Board

Turn the laptop around so that thefront faces you.

Move the metal yoke to the left.




Step 49

Gently lift the front edge of the logicboard and pull it toward you.

There are two major obstacles toavoid when removing the logicboard: the first is the fan andconnector cables, and the second isthe bolt in the back left corner.

Step 50 — PC Card Cage

Turn the logic board over so that theports are facing you.

Remove the four Phillips screwsholding the PC card cage to thelogic board.

Two of the screws are short and twoare longer. The two short screws goon the side closer to the PC cardeject button.




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

Step 51

Turn the logic board back over.

Clasp the PC card cage betweenyour thumb and index finger and liftit directly upward.




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