Hi, I recently obtained a WS 266mhz off a well-known auction webcite(!), with the seller using the ol' "gosh-I-don't-know-if-it-works-I-have-no-power-cord-2-test-it-with" shuffle; I have had luck in the past, and the price was righteous, so I took a chance...
Sure enough, when I received it it was acting erraticly; sometimes it would startup; other times it would shut off for no reason & the fan and the green light would cut on and stay on indefinitely. I thought it might be a bad pram and/or charge board and/or processor, so I commensed to dismantling it. Come to find out, it was a Series I motherboard with a Series II(!) 266mhz processor! I put in a 250mhz WS processor and it works fine now. My questions (finally!) are these: I assumed that mis-matching a WS series I or II motherboard with a series II or I processor would result in the laptop not working at all. Eveidently not? Anyone have similar experiences? Also, by mis-matching the processor/motherboard, is there any chance either part could have been damaged? Thanks... Craig W. Atlanta GA "If you go to war you have already lost" ---Shogun Tokugawa -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
