Re: Help, my Powerbook 3400 is Dead!

[Sionnach Aisling]

--- James Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I tried several variations and
> combinations of 
> this but nothing worked. I could occasionally get a
> startup chime, but 
> it would never light the screen or access any drives
> to try and boot up.

The startup chime is a good thing.  It cold have
likely been a combination of a dead PRAM battery and a
loose memory card...  Thats where I think I would have
gone next, but 90 day warranties are good ;-)

I'm sure you'll have it, or another working one back
soon and can begin to enjoy it again. 

When you do get one back, I'd still seriously
recommend buying and replaceing the PRAM battery...
cheap and easy to do and will save you many future
headaches.

Cheers,
Sionnach

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Re: Help, my Powerbook 3400 is Dead!

[James Williams]

>
> Remove the bettery and leave it just plugged into AC
> Power.
>
> Press and hold the reset button in for about
> 1-2minutes.

Thanks for the reply. I tried several variations and combinations of 
this but nothing worked. I could occasionally get a startup chime, but 
it would never light the screen or access any drives to try and boot up.

Luckily, it is under a 90 day warranty, so I shipped it out today for a 
replacement / repair...really hated to, it was a good running machine 
until it started acting flaky.


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Re: Help, my Powerbook 3400 is Dead!

[Sionnach Aisling]

Well, it does sound like a power board problem, but
try this...

Remove the bettery and leave it just plugged into AC
Power.

Press and hold the reset button in for about
1-2minutes.  When you let go, it should attempt to
start the system.  If it doesn't, try to start it with
the Start Button.  Before it boots up, zap the PRAM
about half a dozen times, then let it come up...

Once it's up, insert the battery again.

Will that do anything at all for you?

Cheers,
Sionnach

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Help, my Powerbook 3400 is Dead!

[James Williams]

Well, I knew I shouldn't have bragged on my new powerbook 3400.
After working flawlessly for several days, it has died.  It started out 
by having problems hanging up and locking up during booting up. I did 
all the usual things, rebuilding desktop, reset pram, trashed 
preferences and it still acted buggy.  I decided on a clean reinstall of 
the OS from Cd. Halfway through the install, it locked up. When I 
pressed the reset button however, it refuses to come back up.   I have 
tried the power manager reset per instructions from the Service manual, 
but all I get is a situation that is as follows:

The machine will not start. When you press and hold the reset button to 
reset it, it lights the green sleep led and will not start. When you 
press the reset button it extinguishes the led, but still won't start. 
If you press the reset again, you get the lit LED situation again.

I have gone through the power manager reset sequence several times, with 
no help.
I am beginning to think that either the PM board or the main board is 
fried.

Luckily, I have a 90 day warranty on the purchase, but I would really 
rather avoid the hassle of shipping it to California and waiting for a 
replacement. Any suggestions?


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