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PowerBook 160, 165 and 180 Service Source

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The PowerBook 160/165/180 Series Service Source is Apple Computer's module-level service manual for the PowerBook 160, the PowerBook 165 and the PowerBook 180. The hosted copy is a 169-page PDF with a text layer, created in December 1995 with FrameMaker and Acrobat Distiller 2.1. The colour models, the 165c and 180c, have their own Service Source.

Contents

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PDF page numbers:

  • Basics (pp. 2-4): overview; display compatibility matrix (p. 4) for the 180's active-matrix display (661-0748, inverter 922-0024, cable 630-6273) and the 160/165 FSTN display (661-0745, inverter 922-0025, cable 922-0820).
  • Specifications (pp. 5-18): processors (160 25 MHz; 165 and 180 33 MHz; 68882 FPU on the 180 only), memory, disk storage, I/O interfaces including video out, I/O devices, sound and video, electrical, physical, environmental, modems and the SCSI disk adapter.
  • Troubleshooting (pp. 19-53): general rules; power manager reset in two stages (pp. 21-22); symptom charts for startup, power, video, hard drive, floppy drive, peripherals, internal modem and miscellaneous, with separate cures for the FSTN and active-matrix models.
  • Take Apart (pp. 54-131): main battery, I/O door, top case, trackball, keyboard, inverter board, interconnect board, actuators, elevation feet, daughterboard (with how to tell the 160, 165 and 180 boards apart, heat pads and the sound jack insulator), motherboard, hard drive, floppy drive, display bezel, clutches and display housing, inverter cable, display, and the display cables of the 160/165 and the 180.
  • Upgrades (pp. 132-141): modem card, PSRAM expansion card.
  • Additional Procedures (pp. 142-167): battery recharger, SCSI termination, battery handling and verification, AC adapter verification, display cable shim, Rev. C display bulb, active-matrix bulb (international only), backup battery verification.
  • Exploded View (pp. 168-169): with service part numbers.

What this manual does not contain

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No schematics, board layouts or component values. For daughterboard part numbers it refers the reader to Apple's separate parts database.

Pages that cite this document

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Download: PowerBook 160, 165 and 180 Service Source.pdf

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