Re: Powerbook 190/5300 component/screen swap.
Hi, I'm new to the list, I hope I don't cause too much trouble! Basically I have just purchased a powerbook 190 (the one with the grayscale screen) for amusement and noticed a (non booting) 5300 for sale cheaply. I started wondering If I could swap components over. And It seems the video board and infra red are swappable. All the components are interchangable, apart from some RAM and the third party Focus video cards. 190 motherboards can display on some 5300 screens. I've used a 5300cs screen with a 190 and a 5300c screen should be alright. You may have trouble with a 5300ce screen on a 190, though it could work. The 5300 motherboard does need a battery board. Also the 190 trackpad is better than a 5300 pad, as it is clickable. HTH, Josh --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 20/02/2004 -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: Making a .sea file in windows
You could try setting your PC up with Basilisk II, the Mac Emulator (you'll need an older rom though) from http://gamma.nic.fi/~lpesonen/BasiliskII/ . You can read and write mac floppies with it and transfer files from your PC's hard disk to mac floppy disks, and obviously compress them or span them over disks on the way. I always found this was the most reliable way of doing it once I'd got Basilisk up and running, which can be a bit tricky. It works a treat on any modern Windoze/Linux PC, though. Alternatively, you could buy a CompactFlash reader for the pc and mac and a card (about £45 for a USB reader, PCMCIA reader for the 5300 and a 128Mb card here). These are brilliant for copying big files. Hope this helps, Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: Maxing Out 5300cs RAM
Hi Jason Well after soldering a new jack onto the motherboard, I reassembled the machine and tried it out. I got a pop from the speaker and that was about it. I figure it's parting out time. Have you tried removing the battery, and mains for about 10 minutes, then plugging the mains in (the green light above the screen may well glow at any point here) and holding down the reset button on the back for about 20 secs. Then, if it hasn't booted already, try the power button. I had one that did this and the dead battery must have been draining the power from something. Also, if this fails, try removing the PRAM battery and repeating the above (poss a small chance removing this might destroy the motherboard?? but then i'd guess its dead already if it doesn't work). They can be hard to restart if they've been stored for a while. Well, my 5300cs has 16M on the motherboard, yeah, i think its the later 5300cs and 5300cs's that have this. My 5300cs has 16Mb onboard. Regards, Jodh Get your free 15 Mb POP3 email @alexandria.cc Click here - http://www.alexandria.cc/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: 190/5300 displays
Er, sorta. There's at least 3 different 5300 motherboards. One has 8MB of RAM and 512kB of VRAM, one has 8MB of RAM and 1MB of VRAM, and one has 16MB of RAM and 1MB of VRAM (this one is usually 117MHz). I think there may be four or more. My 5300cs has 16Mb of RAM onboard and i think it only has 512K VRAM - it couldn't drive a 5300c screen at 640x480x16, only 640x400x16. I'm very sure the BW board is the same as the cs one, too. I think the 190/190cs only has the one possible mobo? Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: Lion in 5300
The 5300 was the first to try to ship with a Lion, If only modern laptops came with extra security like this... Sorry all, couldn't resist that... Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: Powerbook 190 overclocking/detonation
Hi all, Hmm, well now that more than 1 person has reported this, i took a look at my own 190, and it has connections in exactly the same place (they are nicely soldered though). Looks like it is a standard mod - just hand soldered on one and not on the other. Evan, I'd try the suggestions mentioned before for that 5300 with the same problem (take the battery out and power it up, etc) as I think i *broke* my 190cs, whereas the others had a problem before. Incidentally, surely Apple realised these 'books were going to just drop apart when they built them - just took the keyboard, HDD and trackpad out to check that, and two of the bits where the screws go in fell off! I hadn't even overtightened or cross-screwed them! I've given up on my dead 190cs (it was REA'd and everything :(), as its still only good for making loud static and whistling noises. I feel my old 190 is going to get a nice new case and screen... This means i'll have most of a 190 in good parts. Anyone in the UK (or wanting to pay postage to the US) want any of them? Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Wireless access points
I hear some pubs over in the UK are experimenting with wireless internet access for pub-goers. Have you had that experience yet? Yeah they haven't got any round here yet :( It will be interesting to see what happens when they do though! This give me an idea for an interesting thread... Free wireless access while out on the town There is actually a whole district of london thats going wireless now: http://www.computing.co.uk/News/1140717 It should be really nice for a wireless bar-crawl, but the problem is that around there the bars cost a bomb to start with! Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Powerbook 190 overclocking/detonation
Hi again, I picked up a cheap-ish 190cs on eBay a while ago and earlier tonight tried to upgrade it with an apple video card and IR board, and replace the RAM board. It used to work slightly dodgily, so I thought the RAM board might have been fried. However I got the old green light when I restarted it. I tried booting it without the battery and it started to make an interesting burning plastic smell... Anyway - it may well now be a gonner, but I took it apart to have a look and it has several dodgy looking modifications to the motherboard. I wonder if it has been overclocked unstabily - the mods are (i have no idea about circuit diagrams in ASCII, so wish me luck): x | | | - |UCC39120P| (to right of PCMCIA slot- two legs soldered together as shown |^ U 9537 |above the video connector) - | | | x || -- |SG-615P C| | 16.6667 M| (to the bottom right of the Whitney chip) - resistor soldered as shown | 5310A| -- | | X | A resistor with 104 ( or h0| :) ) on it Theres also a couple of dodgy connections on the bottom from CX03 to C314. Is this a standard mod? It looks like a monkey did some of it? Also, when I now turn it on (its outside the case), I just get a radio interference noise down the headphones, which suggests the PRAM might actually be dead... the burning smell suggests worse though Cheers for any suggestions as to what someones done to this 'book? Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: Powerbook 190 overclocking/detonation
Could you take a pic ? I think the 16.6667 Mhz oscillator is the original one (gives 33.333 MHz). Yeah, i just wonder what they were trying to do to it?? I haven't got a digi camera myself, which was why I posted the ASCII pics. I'll try and borrow one from a friend - I might be able to put some pics up on the web tomorrow night. Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: 5300cs Hurt Feelings?
Well, I guess I may have to pick up a new pram battery. Hopefully its not the GLOD. DUM DE DUM DUM DU... Josh, I tried your suggestion but no such luck. Hopefully the replacement battery will do the trick. Not in too much of a rush but maybe pick one up next week if I can find one on the cheap... OK, maybe try taking the main battery out and leaving it out for a while (say 2 hours) and then plugging the system in at the mains. I'm not sure what happens but if you leave them with a very dead battery in, the green light comes on and it doesn't do much else. The flat battery may drain some circuit inside the laptop or something like that. This is exactly the problem I have had with my book, and when I took the battery out of my 'book and plugged it into the mains it came on the next time I hit reset on the back. As I forgot to mention in my other post, I think the problem is caused by a dodgy PRAM battery as my PB won't keep the time well at all unless it is plugged in and charged quite regularly, especially when it hasn't been used for a while. Also, I knew those were NiMH batteries - don't know why I typed NiCad? Maybe I shouldn't email when I've just got back home from the pub :) All the best, Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: 5300cs Hurt Feelings?
Hey, I got my PB5300 on the cheap with exactly this problem! Have you tried plugging it into the PSU, holding down reset and then taking the NiCad (not PRAM!) battery out? mine worked perfectly from that exact situation after doing this! The NiCad battery needed replacing though. Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: 5300c powerbook new to the list, a few problems
I have an old 5300c powerbook that is in good working condition, except for the battery. I've been trying to get it to talk to my imac over the infared port, but neither computer will see eachother, no matter how close they are to eachother. Hi Jon, The 5300c's IR port only supports an old Apple protocol called IRTalk. I'd imagine your iMac only supports IrDA so I'd guess that they won't work together like this. Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: Newbie needs 5300c advice.
Hi I just purchased two 5300c's. Is there a site that shows how to open a case and upgrade these? These are about on the web, what you are after is a Powerbook 5300 Service Manual - I'm sure google should come up with it. You need one of those funny looking (Torx?) screwdrivers to open it though, and watch the bits of case fly off when you do! Are the IDE HDs limited to a 2gig boot limit or under 8.1 as SCSI HDs are in the 7100/8100 cpus? No, you can put a massive HDD in the system - however, you will have trouble if you use SCSI disk mode (accessing your Mac as a disk connected to another Mac's SCSI bus) with disks bigger than 4 Gig. In my opinion 8.1 is a lot more stable than 7.5 or 7.6, so I'd use at least MacOS 8.1 Can I upgrade the video ram on the MB? If you are in the UK, there is a guy auctioning lots of the Lapis MV16-EN cards as Bruce mentioned on eBay. I bought one and it works great in 8.1, although some people have had big trouble getting them to work. Good luck with your new 'books! Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: 3400-190 compatibility
I will try to swap the keyboards. Do I need a service manual for the 190? You just need to undo the three screws on the bottom of the 'book and then gently lift the Keyboard up and towards you away from the screen - it has three sticking out bits at the top end of the keyboard by the screen. The delicate-ish connector for the kb joins the keyboard at the bottom left near the trackpad. Don't move the board too far from the screen with these connected! These join the motherboard at two connectors near the top left. You have to release the clips on these to remove the keyboard wire as you can damage it. Be careful doing this as you could break the screen connector etc. You could maybe take out the RAM card to get better access to this. Its easy to remove if you are gentle with it. Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Powerbook 190 case top?
Hi all, Boring Question. I have had several 190/5300 powerbooks and I have just noticed that the top of my Powerbook 190 is a different from all the others. Does the grey model have a different lid from the colour ones? Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: 5300 logic board in a 5300ce?
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 Electronicshttp://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
Re: SCSI CD drive
vague recollection, but here goes: Apple CD/DVD Driver Apple Photo Access Audio CD Access Foreign File Access ISO 9660 File Access ah so...5 They're all needed to access cd-roms. Period. No they aren't if you just want to access Apple CDs. ISO9660 is only needed to access DOS discs, Photo CD to access photo CDs, and Audio CD Access for Audio CDs. I think if you don't use any of those you don't need Foreign File Access either. You do need the Apple CD/DVD Driver though I think. Although I'm still on Apple CD-ROM on my old 'book :) Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: Still no luck with 5300 and Lapis card
Steve, I had the same problem as you did with an MV16 (video works fine/no ethernet, hangs when selecting Ethernet in Appletalk in 8.1). I bought another MV16EN and found out my original one was the plain MV16 without Ethernet. d'oh! If you aren't sure - have a look at the card. The MV16EN has two big chips that the standard MV16 is lacking, but has space for on the card. The picture at the startup of the MV16EN installer shows one of the chips intact on the card. If you do have an EN variant, do you have the card plugged into the dongle? It doesn't power it up if it isn't, allegedly. Also do you have the dongle plugged into a Hub with connection/receive lights? If the connection light is on the hub, the card probably isn't physically broken. Otherwise, either the Ethernet part is broken, or like me you are just using the MV16 with an MV16EN dongle... I have a later (I think) 5300cs with 16Mb RAM onboard, running OS 8.1. I haven't tried any network comms yet, but the card connects up properly now (lights come on on the hub and flash when i try and send stuff!) Josh - Original Message - From: Steve J Hamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 21:09 Subject: Still no luck with 5300 and Lapis card OK, I've tried everything now. After yet another fresh install of 7.5.5, then 1.04 and 2.0 versions of the Lapis driver, I _still_ can't get this thing to work. I've also opened up the 'book and reseated the card. Latest problem is selecting 'ethertalk' in the Network panel of classic networking causes my system to hang with a white rectangular box on the screen. Argh! Help! Cheers, SteveH -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: Go away processor cycling!
Dan, I think you have to hold option when you click on the button on the custom selection bit in the top-right of the Powerbook control panel to make it display if it isn't there by default. I certainly have to do that in 8.1. Think I had to do it in 7.5 as well! Would have sent this yesterday but Outlook is crap and seems to think Western European ISO encoding is Windows-1252. Hope this helps Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
5300c Screen lead
Does anyone know of a source for acquiring a screen lead for a 5300c (the internal TFT). I was trying to put the TFT in a 5300cs, but the DSTN lead won't work with it. The TFT's lead is broken (the display keeps going purple and green unless I bend it). Does anyone know of a cheap source to get these or a repair method? I'm in the UK, but could pay reasonable shipping costs. Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: 5300c questions
Hi all, Both my Powerbook 190 and 5300 do this if the battery gets too flat. My method for fixing it is to turn the system off, plug it into the mains adapter and then take the battery out. This sometimes leads to it booting straight away, if not try the power button on the keyboard. If this still gives no joy, reset it (leaving the battery out all the while). My 190 then sometimes makes a loud staticy noise, in which case I leave it off for a while (say half an hour) but plugged into the mains. This usually seems to work - I bought my PB 5300cs as dead and just had to do this to it. You can then put the battery in and it might charge. It may stay flat though! Don't know how electrically safe taking the battery out whilst its charging is, but it hasn't zapped me yet! Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html PowerBooks list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Powerbook 5300 stuff
Thanks everyone for all the info. I did upgrade to 8.1 in the end and the problem went away. I'm going to have a go at copying files from my PC with a CompactFlash card seeing as that seems to be possible. It currently only has 16Mb of RAM - I think it was only used for running M$ Word beforehand. Might have to buy an upgrade to 64Mb - anyone know a good UK source for these? Josh -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
