Paul gives you good advice. You did not say whether you are comfortable taking apart a laptop. Remember, having a good technician do the job, even though simple and probably about 10 minutes total time, including testing time, will cost you $40-65. Many of us now do these tasks ourselves. It really is easy.
Once you release the screws on the bottom and lift the side bars about 1/4 inch, you can lift out the keyboard. You must be careful when you take up the keyboard. Don't stretch the ribbon connection cable or the damage might pale in comparison to your present issue. It really is easy, but definitely download a good manual for adding ram before you start this. This is a must! Rather than plugging and unplugging a laptop, try using the reset button. It would be a good idea to be sure that you have enough ram before you start. It may be installed already, but may not. I think I needed a minimum of 32 mb installed ram to get a cable highspeed internet connection. Good luck. Dan S. in AZ victoria brandon wrote: > I just got my first laptop, a 5300c with 32 mg and running OS 8.5.1 -- > except for needing a new battery it seemed perfect in every way. But then > yesterday it crashed (I thought) definitively: the screen went black, and no > key or key combination brought about any response whatsoever. It wasn't > asleep (no blinking green light), nor was it truly off, since a gentle hum > emanated from somewhere in its innards. I forced it to shut down by > imitating a power failure (disconnecting the cord and ejecting the battery) > (maybe not a very clever thing to have done) -- and then it restarted > normally, though with the warning that having crashed the last time it was > checking itself over. The message then appeared that the memory manager (I > think this was the phrase) had found something wrong and I should take it to > a service tech. No repeat of this information on subsequent restarts, and > the computer seems to work as well as ever, but it now thinks it has only 24 > mg installed (though still 64 virtual, which doesn't add up) instead of 32. > What happened? Where did the extra 8mg go? What can I do about it? > Many thanks, > Victoria -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
