The board came in with classic "power light on, nothing else" symptoms. Everyone blames the GPU reball; this one was two bulged caps feeding the 3.3V standby rail. Measurements inside...
Replacing the flip-hinge ribbon gave me a working Palm for less than a coffee's worth of parts. The real treasure hunt was finding HotSync drivers that don't phone home...
Three years of laptop-part purchases, sorted into tiers of trustworthiness. Includes the one listing photo that always means trouble (spoiler: flash from below)...