> A friend and I just experimented with putting a good 5300 logic board in a 5300ce > whose logic board was dead. Suprisingly -- to us -- it seemed to work when we started it up. The 'Welcome to Macintosh" box looked fine, apparently with blue and black (so not monochrome). But when the "Starting Up" screen should have appeared, the video turned plain white and stayed that way, although the sounds indicated that it was still starting up.
I think it is possible - however remember that your chip is 17Mhz slower, and also, more importantly, I think that the motherboard has less video RAM. (512Kb instead of 1Mb). You may have to lower the screen resolution/ number of colours before it works properly, and it may not work even then with the wrong motherboard. This may be whats happening here. I've never swapped a mobo in a 5300ce, but have succesfully swapped the boards in 5300c's and 5300cs's. > Should the 5300ce work with a 5300 logic board? If yes, what might have gone wrong? > If no, why would it work as far as it did? It might be worth booting it from a boot floppy and setting the monitor resolution down on that? Josh -- 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
