> You have several PB500s IIRC. Have you tried swapping the HD from one of > the working 'Books to the naughty, misbehaving 'Book?
I did not replace the HD, but for my latter try I erased the HD of the "bad" book and copied over in SCSI mode the HD content from another working one. > Also, I cannot recall the details of your various PBs 500, do all have > the same amount of RAM? I currently have 3 "complete" units: 540c 68040 33 MHz, 36 MB RAM 520c 68LC040 33 MHz, 20 MB RAM the misbehaving is a former 540c (unknown condition, missing parts), that I have equipped with a known good 68LC040 25 MHz daughtercard (it won't boot with the original daughtercard), a 130 MB HD, 32 MB RAM card and the modem, all pulled from a working 520c. Now that I think of it, could it be a mismatch between the 540 motherboard and the 520 daughtercard? It was stated in the past in this list that all parts are interchangable between 520 and 540. Maybe this is not true? I'll try replacing the motherboard with the one from the spare 520 I have and will report. While disassembling, I will try a simple HD substitution as well. By the way, anything else works fine in the 520/540 hybrid... cheers, gianfranco -- 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
