Every month, at various user group meetings, I listen to people with Macintosh hardware failures. Their story is always the same. They've been told that the Macintosh can't be repaired. New circuit boards cost hundreds of dollars! Some people are on their third or fourth boards. Well, the fact of the matter is that the Macintosh can be repaired—very easily. This book shows you how.
Beginning with the Macintosh power supply, I show you how to make repairs at the component level. No special technical skills are required, only the ability to read and follow directions. Even if you've never held a soldering gun before, this information could save you hundreds of dollars. But the manufacturer doesn't sell replacement parts—so there's no way Macintosh computers can be repaired!
Unlike the proprietary ROM chips on the logic board, there's nothing special about the resistors, filter caps, and rectifiers on the power-supply board. Some parts are readily available from Radio Shack. Others have to be mail ordered. Replacement parts are no problem, as long as you know which parts to ask for and where to send for them. Throughout this book, that's exactly what you'll learn. The symptoms listed in these chapters are real. The fixes are real. The
methods presented here were perfected long ago. They work for me; they work for others; they're going to work equally well for you.

Publisher: Hayden Books
Author: Larry Pina
Platform: Apple Macintosh

The Macintosh Bible Guide to Saving Thousands on Mac Repairs : How to Fix Hundreds of Hardware Problems Without Going Bankrupt

The Dead Mac Scrolls is a 484 page do-it-yourself guide to repairing Apple Macintosh personal computer hardware problems in the most cost-effective way. Written by Larry Pina, the book was amongst other titles written by Pina for repairing Macintoshes. The book  was first published in 1992, and is now out of print.

Introduction by Larry Pina
This book is like a family medical guide, except that it covers the Macintosh family of computer equipment. Reading it won't grant you a doctor's degree, but it will enable you to recognize common symptoms and correctly diagnose hardware problems.
The purpose of this book is to save you money. By looking up symptoms before you call for service, you can get a good idea of what's wrong and how much repairs should cost.
Every page describes a unique symptom, with text and illustrations (if you can't find the symptom you're looking for, check the Symptom index at the back of the book). Then there's a diagnosis of the problem (generally to the component level) and a suggested solution . Finally, each page provides three different cost estimates for effecting repairs.

CONTENTS

Introduction 7
Guides for do-it-yourselfers 9
1. Early Macs 11
2. Mac SE and SE/30 144
3. Mac II 221
4. Floppy disk drives 243
Problems and solutions 244
Replacing disk drive heads without test instruments 265
5. Hard drives and other peripherals 277
6. External monitors 309
7. lmageWriter I (standard & wide) 348
8. lmageWriter II 374
9. LaserWriter and LaserWriter Plus 402
10. LaserWriter II SC, NT and NTX 442
Parts vendors and service providers 466
Symptom index 470

Kindly donated by Bill Henley

Publisher: Goldstein & Blair
Author: Larry Pina
Platform: Apple Macintosh