Re: 5300 battery from Megamacs?

2002-04-17 Thread Jeffrey Karlsen
There are plenty of these going for $20 or less from NexComp via EBay, e.g.: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2016394003r=0t=0showTu torial=0ed=1019104583indexURL=0rd=1 But look at the following page: http://www.megamacs.com/v1/?cat=6action=viewpid=1187325 2 for 1! and you

Re: 5300 Focus video/ethernet card

2002-04-17 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 16/04/02 12:13, Brian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have installed a couple for customers. How hot a card were they, did you notice? Hot ? As in did they get warm ? Not got a clue, I've not sued one long term merely installed and tested that they worked. Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius

Re: New to PowerBooks Have Questions

2002-04-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
Brian wrote: Try alternating uses of Intelligent Battery Recondition (from Apple), Battery Amnesia, and a VST utility that I can no longer find and cannot remember the name of. (grr) The (now free) VST EMMPathy, specifically for the smart batteries. You can find v2.0 on the web with a

training cideo for taking apart 5xx

2002-04-17 Thread Donna Hood Pointer
Wow. that is EXACTLY what I need. I would rather not spend another $71 or more to have this done. I am sure that if I saw a video I could do it. Is there any way you could copy this for me and mail it? I would pay you. Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks)

Re: New to PowerBooks Have Questions

2002-04-17 Thread Donna Hood Pointer
You probably need two programs: Intelligent Battery Update and EMMpathy. they reset the computers in the batteries. Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:06:44 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) Subject: PowerBooks Digest #814

Re: New to PowerBooks Have Questions

2002-04-17 Thread Donna Hood Pointer
I have EMMpathy 2.0, EMMpathy 2.1 and Intelligent Battery Update. Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm -- 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

Re: New to PowerBooks Have Questions

2002-04-17 Thread Hardy Menagh
Thanks Bruce, Brian Donna. I will try these utilities out. The batteries just have to get me through airport security. I'm expecting to have AC available at my destination. Here's a new question: The latest trial version of iCab keeps freezing on this 540c. I tried Netscape Nav. 4.08 but it

Re: New to PowerBooks Have Questions

2002-04-17 Thread Paul Nelson
At 12:54 PM -0400 4/17/02, Brian wrote: The (now free) VST EMMPathy, specifically for the smart batteries. You can find v2.0 on the web with a little google-ing; there is supposed to be a 2.1 but I've not found it yet. You only need the 2.1 if you have a PPC upgrade. Paul --

Re: New to PowerBooks Have Questions

2002-04-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
Hardy Menagh wrote: Thanks Bruce, Brian Donna. I will try these utilities out. The batteries just have to get me through airport security. I'm expecting to have AC available at my destination. Here's a new question: The latest trial version of iCab keeps freezing on this 540c. I tried

Re: 5300 Focus video/ethernet card

2002-04-17 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
It screws from the RH side down into the mobo, surely if you have the new card you can see where it goes/see it screwed in the old one ? There is a large metal shield with no visible screws covering the video card. I think I have to do more thorough disassembly to change this out.

our vintage powerbooks, and floppy drives

2002-04-17 Thread Brian
I've swapped out my bad floppy from my 540; being curious, I also opened up the plastic module from my 1400- it's the same Mitsusishi mechanism in both, just the 540 has brackets to hold it in place. Not surprising. Is it easy to find just the drive mechanism cheaply? The modules go for a

Re: 5300 Focus video/ethernet card

2002-04-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
Malcolm Cornelius wrote: I was going from memory, that'll be the heat sink. Flip the keyboard to the back, flip the trackpad and palm rest forward, undo the HD and flip sideways, lift the heat sink out and then ... total procedure: 1)Remove three screws from the centerline of the mac

Re: 5300 Focus video/ethernet card

2002-04-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
Bruce Johnson wrote: 9) Carefully slide the Focus card into the place, again being careful of the video cable and push id on to connect. DOH! 9.5) Re-insert the screws holding the video card into place, making sure to use the white nylon spacer. running the screw partway through the spacer

sleepy PB1400

2002-04-17 Thread JkR
Hi all hope some 1 out there in cyberland can help me when i put my book to sleep sometimes it doesnt want to wake up the screen will light up but nothing else everything on it is upgraded except the H.D. its the original 750 mb im gonna upgrade it next to 30 GB but i need some help with the

Re: sleepy PB1400

2002-04-17 Thread Scott Holder
At 08:52 PM 4/17/2002 -0400, you wrote: Hi all hope some 1 out there in cyberland can help me when i put my book to sleep sometimes it doesnt want to wake up the screen will light up but nothing else everything on it is upgraded except the H.D. its the original 750 mb im gonna upgrade it next to

Re: sleepy PB1400 Screen Dim 5300

2002-04-17 Thread Cliff Rediger
I recently inquired of the List about an Energy Saver problem I was having with my 5300. The machine didn't like going to sleep *and* at the same time maintain a static DSL connection. Remy gave me some advise about possible Speed Doubler incompatibilities, but ultimately I serendipitously

Installed my new Focus Ethernet/Video Card!!

2002-04-17 Thread Macluver
Got my Focus 5300 video/ethernet card today. It did NOT come with installation procedures for the hardware. Only software installation procedures. I think they intended for you to take it to an authorized tech. Anyway, I decided to dig in and take a look. It wasn't really that hard. The

Unusual Topic: 3400 subbing for IBM laptop

2002-04-17 Thread letsplay
A friend is about to graduate law school (an exception to lawyer jokes) and her IBM laptop is about to die. The top right corner of the screen is no longer visible. It's out of warranty so there's no chance of a loaner while in for repair. 3400 to the rescue! I'm going to loan my 3400 to her.

usb, ethernet and airdock

2002-04-17 Thread Han Morrow Scott
Thanks for the info. Funny one should mention an Olympus digital camera, because that's one of the peripherals I've got in mind. We don't have said camera yet, but it's the next major tech purchase. The other usb devices are not a problem, because I also have serial devices that work fine. So