Difficulty

Easy

Steps

15

Time Required

Suggest a time??

Sections

5

  • Keyboard
  • 3 steps
  • Heat Shield
  • 3 steps
  • PRAM Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Modem
  • 4 steps
  • Processor
  • 3 steps

Flags

0

  • BackPowerBook G3 Lombard

  • Full Screen

  • Options

  • History

  • Save to Favorites

  • Download PDF

  • Edit

  • Translate

  • Get Shareable Link

  • Embed This Guide

  • Notify Me of Changes

  • Stop Notifications

Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard
  • Turn the computer so that the ports are facing you.
  • If the keyboard is locked, open the port cover and turn the keyboard locking screw until the keyboard is unlocked.

Turn the computer so that the ports are facing you.

If the keyboard is locked, open the port cover and turn the keyboard locking screw until the keyboard is unlocked.

1024

Step 2

  • Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.
  • Make sure you have removed the laptop battery and CD/DVD module from the expansion bays before proceeding.

Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free.

Make sure you have removed the laptop battery and CD/DVD module from the expansion bays before proceeding.

Step 3

  • Lift the keyboard out by pulling it up and away from you. Rest the keyboard, face down, on top of the trackpad.
  • In order to replace the keyboard, you must first remove the modem.

Lift the keyboard out by pulling it up and away from you. Rest the keyboard, face down, on top of the trackpad.

In order to replace the keyboard, you must first remove the modem.

Step 4

              Heat Shield
  • Remove the three silver Phillips screws that attach the heat shield to the internal metal framework.

Remove the three silver Phillips screws that attach the heat shield to the internal metal framework.

Step 5

  • Lift the heat shield up and pull it toward you.

Lift the heat shield up and pull it toward you.

Step 6

  • Your laptop should look approximately like this.

Your laptop should look approximately like this.

Step 7

              PRAM Battery
  • Pull the battery cable directly up from the logic board.

Pull the battery cable directly up from the logic board.

Step 8

  • Remove the battery from its holder by pulling up and to the left.

Remove the battery from its holder by pulling up and to the left.

Step 9

              Modem
  • Remove the two silver Phillips screws from the modem.

Remove the two silver Phillips screws from the modem.

Step 10

  • Use a spudger, the tips of your fingers, or a flat non-metal tool to get under the modem’s edge and pry it up from its socket as shown in the picture.

Use a spudger, the tips of your fingers, or a flat non-metal tool to get under the modem’s edge and pry it up from its socket as shown in the picture.

Step 11

  • Disconnect the cable from the right side of the modem.

Disconnect the cable from the right side of the modem.

Step 12

Step 13

              Processor
  • Use a spudger, the tips of your fingers, or a flat non-metal tool to pry up the processor’s right side.

Use a spudger, the tips of your fingers, or a flat non-metal tool to pry up the processor’s right side.

Step 14

  • Disconnect the keyboard cable from the logic board by pulling directly up on the clear plastic loop.
  • This step is out of sequence with the keyboard because in order to remove the keyboard you must first remove the modem.

Disconnect the keyboard cable from the logic board by pulling directly up on the clear plastic loop.

This step is out of sequence with the keyboard because in order to remove the keyboard you must first remove the modem.

Step 15

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

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

                                                                                      5 other people completed this guide.

Attached Documents

  • G3-Lombard-Screw-Guide.pdf
  • PDF - 354.56 kb
  • View

G3-Lombard-Screw-Guide.pdf

PDF - 354.56 kb

Author

                                      with 1 other contributor 


                    iRobot

Member since: 09/24/2009

1 Reputation

                                      646 Guides authored                  



                       Badges:
                       36





                                                        +33 more badges