Apple FW800 specification

3.Use a black stick, or the connector pull tab if present, to carefully loosen and disconnect the optical drive ﬂex cable connector.

4. Lift up on the optical drive at its rear and remove.

50 - PowerBook G4 (15-inch FW800) Take Apart

Optical Drive

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Apple FW800 manual

Contents

Service Source PowerBook G4 15-inch FW800  Service Source Take Apart General Information Overview Important Note New ProceduresTools Serial Number Location Foot Preliminary Step Procedure Page Battery Part Location Preliminary Steps Procedure Memory Door Memory Cards Procedure Page Replacement Procedure Page Page Page AirPort Extreme Card Procedure Page Page Page Page Top Case Part Location Before you begin, remove the following Battery Memory door Page Page Page Page Page Replacement Notes Replacement Procedure Page Page Page Page Keyboard Procedure Page Page Page Page Replacement Procedure Page Page Backup Battery Procedure Replacement Procedure Page Optical Drive Procedure Page Page Page Hard Drive Procedure Page Page Modem Procedure Replacement Procedure Page Bluetooth Procedure Page Page Left Blower Procedure Page Ambient Light Sensor Boards Procedure Page Page Logic Board Preliminary Steps Page Page Page Logic Board PowerBook G4 15-inch FW800 Take Apart Replacement Procedure Page Page Page Page Right Blower Procedure Right USB Board Procedure Page Speakers Procedure Page PC Card Cage Procedure Page AirPort Extreme Slot & Flex Cable Procedure Page Page Display Panel Assembly Procedure Page Page Page Page Heatsink and Blowers Assembly Procedure Page Sound/DC-In Board Procedure Page Page Page Page Bottom Case Assembly Procedure Page  Service Source Troubleshooting Wire and Flex Cables Cable or Flex Cable Name Signals Running Through It Cable or Flex Cable Name Signals Running Through It Apple Service Diagnostic ASD Hardware Troubleshooting Tools and TipsApple Hardware Test 2.0.6 AHT Page Resetting the Power Manager Unit PMU Power-on pads on logic board PMU Reset pads on logic board Caps lock LED power check Software Troubleshooting Tips and Tools Login window and accountCustomer forgot password Safe Mode Knowledge Base Articles Hardware Symptom Charts How to Use the Symptom Charts Power Adapter Note Startup Page Prohibitory Sign Kernel Panic dialog box Flashing question mark appears on the screen System shuts down intermittently System shuts down almost immediately after startup Application Quits, Kernel panic or other booting problems Error BeepsComputer beeps once at startup Computer beeps three times at startup Computer beeps twice at startupComputer beeps four times at startup AirPort Extreme Card not recognized AirPort Extreme CardAirPort connection is slow Battery will not eject BatteryBattery wont charge Bluetooth Bluetooth Card not recognized by other devices Display Display latch not working Hard Drive Internal hard drive will not initialize No response from any key on keyboard KeyboardNo keyboard illumination Half keyboard is illuminated MicrophoneMicrophone is not working No modem dial tone ModemModem does not respond can hear dial tone Optical Drive Difﬁculty writing to optical media PC Card PortsPC Card will not insert into the PC Card slot PC Card does not mount to the desktop FireWire port is not recognizing devices USB device not recognized by computer Sound No sound from speakers Distorted sound from speakers Trackpad Cursor does not move when you are using trackpadCursor intermittently does not move or moves erratically Video Misc. Symptoms Date and Time settings reset all the timeSleep LED does not come on when lid is closed Feet came off the bottom case