On Nov 21, 17:58, Chris wrote:
> >I assume these are boardswapper guides and don't include useful
> >information like schematics, right?
>
> Exactly.
>
> They are wonderful when you are trying to do things like open a Powerbook
> to repair the latch spring or the mouse button (both things that are
> prone to break on the 190/5300/3400/G3 case design), but totally useless
> if you want to know how to repair the fried power supply on a 1400
> (swapping yes, repairing no).
>
> But that jives with apple and the Mac... they have ALWAYS had a board
> swap approach to repair. Even when the repair is something simple. So if
> that is all they approve doing, why bother making public (or in the case
> of these, pseudo public) manuals that cover anything more detailed.
That's a pity. They weren't always like that; the Apple ][ service manuals
included complete schematics and diagnostic software, and the service
centre package included quite a lot of component spares (though I think we
bought those separately, not with the service manuals). I suppose it's not
surprising they included the schematics, since some were in the normal user
manuals anyway, but the service manual had more information. They were
always a bit funny about people doing repairs, though, even out of
warranty. We were part of an education auhority, not a comercial service
centre, so perhaps that made a difference -- but we didn't find the local
Apple Centre much good at that.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Thu Nov 22 2001 - 02:44:24 GMT