Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-08-04 Thread Adam Thayer
On Aug 3, 2004, at 8:20 PM, Alejandro wrote: Well, The MOST important thing here is that you have a working PowerBook and not is someone is right or not. I'm glad I helped you. Very true. My downtime was at a minimum (had to wait until the 3rd for RAM so I could use OS X, but beyond that my

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-08-03 Thread Adam Thayer
On Aug 1, 2004, at 2:42 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting --- Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:00:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-08-03 Thread Alejandro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting --- Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:00:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting You have a Lombard wich needs a screen to work. Well, you can place

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-08-01 Thread Jeff Hubatka
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting --- Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:00:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting You have a Lombard wich needs

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-31 Thread Mikael Byström
Adam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The good news is that I already tested with a battery and eliminated this as a possibility... unless the AC board has magical powers to prevent a boot from a battery, which doesn't seem entirely likely. What I am trying to do here is figure out if it is the Logic

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-31 Thread krevnik
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 08:52:30AM +0200, Mikael Bystr?m wrote: Adam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The good news is that I already tested with a battery and eliminated this as a possibility... unless the AC board has magical powers to prevent a boot from a battery, which doesn't seem entirely

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-31 Thread John W. Travis, MD (Jack)
-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Adam Thayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:05:51 -0700 On Jul 30, 2004, at 1:42 PM, Alejandro wrote: Check this. With powerbook attached to the AC Adapter (no battery), press

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-31 Thread Jeff Hubatka
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:00:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting You have a Lombard wich needs a screen to work. Well, you can place the Pismo's one. This will be the faster solution. Follow these steps: http://homepage.mac.com/scadboy/lcd/ Anyway

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-31 Thread Alejandro
--- Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:00:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting You have a Lombard wich needs a screen to work. Well, you can place the Pismo's one. This will be the faster solution. Follow

Re: Pismo Troubleshooting?

2004-07-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Adam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Am I on the right track leaning towards the logic board, or have people had situations where there was no HD sound with a bad processor? Are you sure the Soundcard gives power to the I/O board? This was the reason in a dead Pismo I dissected recently. --

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-30 Thread csean
on 30/07/2004 18:36, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now here is the problem. It refuses to boot on AC or battery (known good from a Lombard I have), no lights, sounds, or anything else. Since the HD doesn't even start to spin, that makes me lean towards the logic board (since that

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-30 Thread Alejandro
Check this. With powerbook attached to the AC Adapter (no battery), press the start button, and you should hear a little contact sound at the same time the Start button is pressed (before the Startup sound). If you don't maybe the machine is not powered at all. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-30 Thread Adam Thayer
On Jul 30, 2004, at 1:42 PM, Alejandro wrote: Check this. With powerbook attached to the AC Adapter (no battery), press the start button, and you should hear a little contact sound at the same time the Start button is pressed (before the Startup sound). If you don't maybe the machine is not

Re: Pismo troubleshooting

2004-07-30 Thread Alejandro
Does it charge the battery? Other thing to check: An Apple Service told me to remove the batteries (from Expansion Bay and the PRAM Battery. Now, without the AC Adaptor (without any kind of energy), press Command - Control - Start button for a minute. If you find a little reset button on the

Pismo Troubleshooting?

2004-07-29 Thread Adam Thayer
I helped attempt to troubleshoot a Pismo awhile back, and while we couldn't find the cause immediately, I have been offered the system. This means that I would have a shot to resurrect it. I personally have eliminated most possibilities (other than complete system failure) except two: