I was given a old powerbook due 230(with 8m ram and 50m HD), which seemed to work OK except the battery is completely flat and I can't seem to recharge it.(where can I buy a new battery). It had system 7.1 on it with loads of rubbish in the system. I wasn't sure want system I could up grade it to so I found my old 7.5 disks and loaded that on it. It seemed to work much better once I customised it a bit. A college used it, and needed to access some info and didn't have a plug socket handy for the power supply so they tried using a 12v power adaptor from a car and said nothing happened. When it was returned I tried turning it on it pinged then you here a couple of clicks from the speaker the screen lights up but no pointer and the HD doesn't start to spin. The keys appear to work (i.e. caps lock light goes on and off, reset using "apple key" + "crtl" + "power key" works) Is there any thing I can do? If it doesn't cost much I'll fix it, other wise I'll send it to mac heaven. As it was only 12v I would off thought it wouldn't effect it, unless the + - where round the wrong way. Or do you think their not telling me something!!! Russell Tudor (England) ---------- 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> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <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>
