Go to the MCE website for all the options: http://www.powerbook1.com 1. Call them and make sure Kevin can do the fuse repair. If not contact Paul Vail, http://home.att.net/~afterhoursconsulting/ , or DT&T, http://www.dttservice.com/services.html If yes... 2. Make sure you 2400 has 80MB RAM or you're probably wasting the upgrade money. 3. Send it in and have them do these upgrades: - Fuse Repair Cost? - CardBus Enable @ $99 - http://store.powerbook1.com/mcecarupser.html - New HD, $200 for a 10GB up to $500 for a 30GB...the 10GB should hold you. http://store.powerbook1.com/harddrives.html - put the old drive in a Firewall external enclosure @ $140 http://store.powerbook1.com/mcedatxtremp1.html -HD Install labor...probably included with CardBus upgrade...Ask. 4. For around $550-600 you have what you were looking for. 5. If you really plan on keeping it for 2-3 years, I'd order a PRAM battery from http://members.aol.com/dnmonk/powerbooks/pram2400.html and send it with your 2400c and have Kevin install it at the same time you do all this other stuff. I'd also start shopping for a spare external battery for the long haul, appx. $100-250. Basically, once you decide to have the repair done, you are paying to open up the 2400c, which is the hard part....so the HD, CardBus stuff needs to be done now. Now....before you send it off...go price an iBook for your son. ;-) > >Since I'm sending it off anyway, I'm thinking about having a larger hard >drive put in the 2400. I still have the original 1.3 GB drive and would like >something much larger. What drives do people recommend for a 2400? I'd like >the largest one available, assuming the price isn't outrageous. Does MCE >sell them or are they exclusively a repair shop? Should I buy one somewhere >else and pack it in the box with the PowerBook and send it all to MCE? I >assume they will install drives as well? What can be done with the old >drive? Is there some kind of external enclosure available, or is is there >someone out there on the list who needs a 1.3 GB drive? > >Also, do I understand that MCE can do something to allow me to use Firewire >on a 2400? I've not followed those threads closely but I seem to recall it >has something to do with Cardbus enabling. I'd like to max this thing out if >I can as I'll be giving it to my high school age son and I want him to be >able to use it for a couple of years. Advice? What else do I need to do to >use Firewire? Ralph Mawyer, Jr. San Antonio, Texas Associate Editor mac2400 ... http://www.sineware.com/mac2400 Your PowerBook 2400 Reference Site ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
