>Brian put in his cheery two cents: Sorry :) (cheerier with the smiley?)
>And proposed that a transcontinental journey at the mercies of UPS might >joggle it back to life. Personally I suspect the USPS might do this job >more effectively, but in either case a solid dropkick would be more >exhilarating. I'm actually 2 for 2 on the PB100's for a fix this way (shipping)- but it was only temporary. And no, I could not replicate this with *ahem* carefully calculated and considered shaking and jarring. But I'm likely gentler than UPS. HDs are rated for what, 3?g partly to hold up to shipping stresses. Should you wish to try this, I suggest repeating a Seattle to Oklahoma City trip :) Dropkicking could damage your toes... this is kinda in line with the old fix of baking older HDs in the oven overnight, though. Checking cables, pots, soldering all the MB IC contacts as I mentioned was good for my patience and soldering iron dexterity, but did darn all for the 'book itself. >> the result of a ID conflict - but i do not think that is possible >> with a startup disk. Hook it up as a docked SCSI - save what you need I have seen PRAMs get confused about startup disk and blank screen happen- but on desktops. A good long zap (many pings) reset them. I'm not sure how to emulate that on a powerbook except pull all power, reset the power manager a few times, and leave it sitting for overnight or longer. (Since as you mentioned earlier, the 5300 only does one "ping" then you are done, no more possible- I'm not sure how "deep" that reset is, as it takes many pings to clear *all* information on desktops). >> of the files and programs on the docked disk and lowlevelformat, Drew just posted and I agree K's suggestion of a low level format of this drive while in SCSI dock could potentially be very damaging. It does seem likely cable or connection related to me, though. I hope to hear of a fix. Brian -- 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
