>As of last weekend, my 2400 appears to be in serious straits. The sleep LED is
>lit steady green as per the manual - hitting the reset switch produces a
>typical power-on >click< from the speaker, then nothing - no chime, no boot.
>Since this PB replaced my Duo 2300 as my primary computer and I can't
>currently
>afford a new one, losing it is really a setback to me. I'd appreciate any
>advice
>or similar experiences anyone on this list could offer. A more detailed
>account
>follows:
>I did take the PB to a local Apple dealer for a look, but they apparently
>didn't find anything in the service manual, and they were unable to get parts
>for it (ie. the backup battery) in Canada. The company recommendation at this
>point is to ship the machine to a dealer in the US, which I'd obviously prefer
>not to do if possible. Before then I'd at least like to explore the
>possibility that it's (a) fairly minor and fixable, or (b) a complete
>write-off (gulp). I've had a line of Duos, and I really wouldn't expect
>catastrophic failure in a Powerbook after 18 months.
i had exactly the same problem
sent it to DT&T macintosh services http://www.dttservice.com (MCE do it too
i hear http://www.powerbook1.com)
i didn't want to do this either, as i live in australia!, but the whole
thing took about a week, and $290 US for the parts and labour (we won't
mention the shipping!) one thing they reccommended was to just pull the
faulty part out and send that, considerably helping with shipping costs...
but i didn't know what was the problem.
you probably wont have much joy with apple if the 2400 wasn't released in
canada.. i didn't with apple here in oz! :-(
good luck!
(ps mine works fine now.. but about that upgrade.... hmmm)
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