Specifications
Table Of Contents
- PowerBook 190/5300 Series
- Basics
- Specifications
- Troubleshooting
- Take Apart
- Introduction
- Before You Begin
- Battery
- Floppy Drive
- I/O Door
- Front Feet
- Rear Feet
- Keyboard
- RAM Card
- Clutch Covers
- PC Switch Board (PCMCIA)
- Display Assembly
- Palm Rest
- Sleep Actuator
- Trackpad
- Hard Drive
- Power Supply Board (5300 Series Only)
- Backup Battery
- Heat Sink
- Video Board (Optional on 190 Series)
- Logic Board
- CPU Stiffener
- Infrared Board (Optional on 190 Series)
- Media Bay LED
- PC Card Door (PCMCIA)
- Video Expansion Cover (Optional on 190 Series)
- Reset Actuator
- Sound-In Cover (190 Series Only)
- Media Bay Release Mechanism
- Display Housing
- Inverter Board
- Display
- Microphone
- Speaker
- Clutches
- Floppy Drive Mechanism
- Upgrades
- Additional Procedures
- Exploded View

Take Apart Before You Begin - 2
Before You Begin
The PowerBook 190/5300 Series computers are the most
compact and highest performance PowerBooks to date. It
follows then that they are also the most intricate to take
apart and reassemble. Use the information in this chapter to
save time and frustration when disassembling and
reassembling these computers.
Tools
Use the following tools for taking apart these computers:
• #8 Torx driver
• 2.3 mm jeweler's screwdriver
• #6 Torx driver (for floppy drive)
• #10 Torx driver (for hard drive bracket)
• #00 jeweler’s screwdriver (for speaker)