Chapter 11: It's done(?)

Now seemed as a good a time as any to put it back together so I could work on some other stuff for a while. It's not done, but it's at a point where I won't feel bad for putting it on a shelf. So I screwed the disk drive to the bracket, and (as previously) fought to slide it in place. I connected the cross-brace, slid on the still very yellow front plate and closed it up with the metal outer case. The brace wouldn't stay down fully, but I figured the outer case will take care of that.

The back side of a PC without the top panel.

The front size of a PC without the top panel or the front panel.

The front size of a PC without the top panel but with the front panel.

The front size of a PC with both the top and front panel.

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Now it was finally time to turn it on to see the fruit of my labor:

// The original Blog-Post has a video here. Here's the alt-text instead: Video of the power button being pressed just for nothing to happen. //

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Cool.

This time I did something I normally don't do when something doesn't work: I searched online for it instead of trying to fix it blindly. Turns out the 4400

// and other Macs as well probably //

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doesn't turn on when the system battery is empty and the power has been unplugged for a bit. In that case one has to connect it to power and press the reset button which is buried on the motherboard where all the power supply cables plug in.

Now I have two computers that require a special dance to turn on when the internal battery is flat.

// Looking at you, 11th gen Framework Laptop. //

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Luckily the power-switch on the battery holder was just in the off-position, once I turned it on and pressed reset, the power button worked again.

To match the previous video I put it all back together. I'm happy to present you this:

// The original Blog-Post has a video here. Here's the alt-text instead: Video of the power button being pressed. After pressing the power LED turns green and the mac-chime can be heard. //

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