Peter, the power supply's cable is the most likely suspect as you say the other PS you have works fine. The wires inside the cable get worn and you'll have an intermittant connection leading to the problems you describe. Perhaps the seller can simply replace the PS rather than the entire 'Book (and the POS floppy module too, while their at it!)
Hope that helped, Dan K On 9/4/02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > <snip>> >I'm using my own battery, my own charger and my own floppy drive, all >borrowed from my 5300c. > <snip> >The power system using the supplied battery and charger is problematic. >Sometimes it would start to boot, but would then immediately power itself >off. > >Substituting my own battery and charger seemed to solve these problems ... I >think. > >But ... there could still be a power module problem as sometimes an attempt >to boot results in a "flup flup flup" sound, not unlike that produced by a >Mac 512K or a Mac Plus which has a bad analog board. > >Grrrrr. > >I will attempt to run "all the usual suspects" of diagnostic tools before I >deem this machine to be unusable. > -- 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
