Holger,
I have had a VERY similar problem and the problem was not fixed.
After a year of using the Newer 240/512 with my 2400 it suddenly
died!! No boot, just a faint click when the power button was
pressed. No grey screen, no disk spin up. Just click. After
fiddling for about 3 days I found that the apple 603 card worked
perfectly. The G3 card was shot! SO I had newer replace it, and the
replacement didn't work, just click, but the 603ev card still worked
perfectly. Newer replaced my card 2 more times and one worked four
about 2 days, but then it died- but the 603 card still worked. My
2400 had become phobic to the G3 card. I can't believe it is a heat
issue, because most times it never even booted the computer...
something happened, maybe to much heat in the past burnt something...
but the computer works flawlessly with the 603 card. (you still have
your 603 card RIGHT? ) I ended up getting Newer to replace my G3
card one last time and I ebay'd it for over $500 USD. I have seen
replacement 603ev PB2400 daughter cards going for $15 on ebay.
dc
At 11:18 -0400 04/08/2000, Holger Marseille wrote:
>Hello Everybody,
>after my original Processorboard died last year I installed a Nupower
>G3/240 card.
>Everything went fine until this board dies on me a couple of months
>(actually 4) later.
>Newer exchanged the card with no problems at all. I installed this new
>refurbished card two weeks ago.
>Now yesterday My 2400 froze during work after some time and when I try to
>restart now the following occurs.
>When I press the powerbutton or the reset button you hear a faint click,
>than another, their is no MacChime but after a second the hard drive
>spins up and the screen lights up. After that nothing.
>The hard drive keeps on spinning the screen is lit but no smiling mac,
>and no cursor ...nothing.
>I wonder, since the symptoms are different from the last times, if the
>new processor board is gone now too, or if it is something else.
>Last time there used to be only the faint click and after that nothing.
>I tried all the normal stuff (resetting powermanager, deplugging all
>batteries including the backup cell, and so on).
>Please someone ...
>
>
>Holger
>
>P.S.: Somehow now I really lost the trust in the 2400. I have to say I
>really like that machine but what use is it if you can't rely on it.
>I was thinking to send it to DT&T for a complete fix but what use is it
>to pay a couple of hundred dollars to have it fixed if there are nearly
>no batteries and no spare parts any more !
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