Check this. With powerbook attached to the AC Adapter (no battery), press the start button, and you should hear a little "contact" sound at the same time the Start button is pressed (before the Startup sound). If you don't maybe the machine is not powered at all.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 30/07/2004 18:36, G-Books at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Now here is the problem. It refuses to boot on AC > or battery (known > > good from a Lombard I have), no lights, sounds, or > anything else. Since > > the HD doesn't even start to spin, that makes me > lean towards the logic > > board (since that controls power to the HD). Am I > on the right track > > leaning towards the logic board, or have people > had situations where > > there was no HD sound with a bad processor? I have > seen reports of dead > > Pismos showing similar symptoms but with HD sound, > which tends to lean > > towards the processor being the issue. Anyone have > an entirely > > different diagnosis, comments or suggestions for > attempting to > > resurrect it? > > First and easiest thing to check is the RAM. I've > seen a few Pismos refuse > to boot because they had a stick of bad ram. If > that's not it, try a > different processor (assuming you've also checked > it's not that the > processor isn't fully seated on the logic board). > > Chris > > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
