> >Could I have someone clear the fog, once and for all, which surrounds >"Cardbus" and "3400's". I have read about the $100+ "cage upgrade" (which >may or may not be necessary to make it cardbus complient), the
Hopefully the following may help. Like many, spending $100.00 to upgrade the cardbus didn't seem like my favorite choice, but I wanted my almost new 3400c to be USB and firewire compliant. After reading all the available conversion procedures, including the MCE conversion, I decided to go with the tried and true MCE fix. I contacted them and took a lot of their time asking every question I could think of. They answered all my questions courteously, never dodging or rushing their answers. I felt confident I was dealing with an honest helpful bunch of people. FedEx has a laptop shipping box that is designed just for shipping laptops. It is free, but you usually have to get them to order it. It usually isn't stocked except perhaps in larger cities. During the shipping and return time and the short time they needed to do the fix I went on Ebay and picked up a Firewire and USB card. MCE has cards for sale but they were a bit more than I could afford. Upon receiving my converted 3400c back and installing the support software,they had installed the latest OS 9 drivers but it didn't work well with my OS8.6 and Firewire card, everything now works just great. They were very helpful answering my questions after I got it back. The only difference in software was for a Firewire external 80G harddrive I got on Ebay. It was new but it required their drivers. I hope this helps. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! -- 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
