PowerBook Down

I had an unfortunate incident with my PowerBook last week. It's been potentially brought to its knees. Was it a problem with the battery, a virus, chimpanzees slapping the keyboard like a bongo?

No, it was teriyaki.

My lunch, in my wonderful courier bag^[1], was not sealed. As a result, teriyaki spilled and pooled in the bottom of said bag. Not having ordered the one with the special laptop pouch^[2], it pooled into the back of my laptop.

Now, the "geniuses" at the local Apple store opened it up (for 89 bucks!) and told me that it would be 1200 simoleons to replace the logic board. First off, I might as well buy a new laptop (probably their strategy), second off, who the hell still calls it a "logic board" anyway.

I thought about this for all of thirty seconds and decided I would at least crack the thing open myself and try to clean it. With a torx driver in hand, some electrical contact cleaner and instructions from iFixit, I'm going to embark on my attempt to fix the laptop.

Pictures and discussion to follow.

...wish me luck.

[1]And, yes, on the rare occasion that I ride my bike, it actually is used for its purpose.

[2] Timbuk2 bags are great, but not compartmentalized enough for the prevention of liquid mishaps.