I need some help. I have a Duo 2300c that seems to have died as a portable today. What happened: While using it normally on a semi-fresh battery, a dialog came up telling me it was low on battery power. I worked a few minutes and put it to sleep, then switched batteries. The Duo clicked like it was about to power up and then died. It could not be turned on. Plugging it in had no effect, with or without the battery inserted. Pushing the power reset switch in the back did nothing. After pushing it a few times, I heard a bit of chime, then nothing. Finally I pushed it and held it, and was greeted by the Chimes of Death, except very slowly. Holding in the power reset button for a couple minutes also had no effect. Later, I borrowed a Duo Dock, and it started up just fine. Backed up all data that had not been synchronized, and charged the batteries (they were both read as being nearly full). I even ran every test that TechTool Pro could run. On removing the Duo from the dock, nothing again. Now when I got the Chimes to play, it made it through the first four tones then quit. I have since gone through Apple's recommendations on resetting the power manager, reconditioning batteries, etc. Nothing. I have yet to open it up and remove the motherboard battery. What's the likelihood that this will fix things? A few months before, an inch-thick dark vertical line appeared mid-screen, but this was only cosmetic, and was fixed by applying pressure to the bottom of the display bezel. Other than that, it has always worked fine (until today). Please don't tell me that _that_ killed my Duo. Does anyone have any suggestions, similar experiences, or anything? I'm up a very particular creek here, and my paddle drifted away a while ago... Thanks, - Joshua Ochs ---------- 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> X-Router | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com>
