Hey, thanks to everyone who wrote to help with this! This was indeed the problem. Yes, the hard drive was recently upgraded to a 20G IBM drive, and this was the first time the Wallstreet had been closed since the upgrade. We haven't done the steel insert yet, because at the moment taking out the CD drive enabled startup, so it looks to me like removing the CD drive changes what goes on with that magnet problem, which makes some sense given its location.
Many many thanks to all! Beverly - Keith wrote: > I can't explain why it worked, but this began happening to me after I > upgraded the HD in my Wallstreet. The solution was to eject the right media > bay [CD-ROM] and then press the power key. Odd? But, it managed to start up > just fine. It would usually restart just fine after that, but occasionally > it would whirr, putter and click and have to just repeat. > and Karl wrote: > > With the AC adapter, there's a fast 'clicking' coming from the > speaker, which is much slower when on battery power, right? > > If you remove the HD and then refit it, does the computer then start OK? > > This sounds like exactly the problem I had intermittently when my > Wallstreet had its original 4Mb drive, and all the time with its new > 40Mb drive. > > There's a magnet in the display at the right which operates a sensor > in the body of the computer when the lid is down, so that the > computer knows when the lid is closed and so goes into sleep mode. > Imagine what would happen if the computer always thought it was in > sleep mode - won't wake up from sleep, and wouldn't start up because > the lid is closed. I guess that the magnet in the new HD isn't strong > enough to make the sensor in the computer think the lid is closed, > but it is strong enough to maintain that sensor state once the lid > has been closed, even if the lid is now open. > > The cure - tape a bit of thin steel to the right hand edge of the HD > so that, when the drive is inserted back in the machine, the strip of > steel is between the drive magnet and the sensor, so acting as a > magnetic shield. I'm currently using a razor blade, which has worked > fine now for about a month. -- Beverly Woods Visit my Low End Mac column: http://www.lowendmac.net/woods/index.html music website: http://www.sethausten.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
