Yes, it took several sessions with the crazy glue to
get the clicker in place. But I use the mouse pad
clicker - don't think the actual clicker would last
too long. But you need a very sensitive touch with the
pad - just try to edit text using the Edit Menu!
Cheers
George
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Thou shalt love
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My 3400's mouse button is starting to break. All of a sudden it only
'clicks' if pressed right in the middle, and mow has a stiff,
undercooked
feel which makes using it a pain. Once I find some info on how to do
so, I
plan on opening up the 3400 and taking
Hi,
My brand new powerbook 3400 has a very annoying problem : a clack sound
appears as soon as the powerbook is powered on and repeats itself every few
seconds or dozens of seconds (I hope that you understand what I mean). That
sound comes from the inside of the powerbook and is apparently
I have a Duo 2300c with a harddisk that is protected by 'Empower'.
So far, I tried:
- booting with extensions off
- booting from a CD (OS 8)
- booting from the Norton utilities CD
It keeps asking for the password, and if I click 'cancel', it shuts down.
Any ideas?
(Somebody suggested to hold a
What that clack sound is (I think) is the hard drive cycling. You
might look at installing APM Tuner (Apple Power Manager Tuner) which
allows you to set the period sleep of the drive.
Gary
URL:
http://www01.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/gb3/eijim/index-E.html
Mehdi El Gueddari wrote:
Hi,
My brand
Did anyone else note this on usenet, posted Wed or Thurs?
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/hardware/pb150/PB150_and_CompactFlash.ht
ml
Powerbook 150, dead HD, adapted to use CF for the boot volume.
Adapted meant in a serious manner ;)
His conclusion of what the Mac is using to determine
On 22/11/02 13:36, Gary D. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What that clack sound is (I think) is the hard drive cycling. You
might look at installing APM Tuner (Apple Power Manager Tuner) which
allows you to set the period sleep of the drive.
Gary
URL:
Try something like DiskWarrior or Norton and Optimize the drive. It
sounds like the drive is seeking.
Gary
It may be that. So, I've tried APM but unfortunately my hard drive is not
supported. Any other tips ?
Thamks,
Mehdi
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I've had similar noise come and go in my 5300 and 3400.
I suggest Optimizing your HD. I use TechTools.
From: Gary D. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:44:16 -0600
Try something like DiskWarrior or Norton and Optimize the drive. It
sounds like the drive is seeking.
[EMAIL
Mehdi El Gueddari wrote:
Hi,
My brand new powerbook 3400 has a very annoying problem : a clack sound
appears as soon as the powerbook is powered on and repeats itself every few
seconds or dozens of seconds (I hope that you understand what I mean). That
sound comes from the inside of the
On 22/11/02 17:44, Gary D. Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Try something like DiskWarrior or Norton and Optimize the drive. It
sounds like the drive is seeking.
Actually, that not a seeking sound. That a very special sound much more
louder than the normal seeking sound. That sounds like a
The info for which you are searching is to be found here:
http://exchange.info.apple.com/exchange/
The recall began a year and a few months ago. June 2001, I think.
From Apple's site:
The recall does not affect AC adapters with a
three-prong connection (Model Number: M5159)
that were
All you experts -- I need help on something that might be a bit OT (but not
too much).
I'm trying to put together some photographs to show at my husband's
memorial, and have been using Photoshop to enlarge and improve ancient
snapshots. The effects are amazing, even though the printouts don't
Thanx Andrew!
Andrew L. Kershaw heeft op vrijdag, 22 nov 2002 om 19:48
(Europe/Amsterdam) het volgende geschreven:
The info for which you are searching is to be found here:
http://exchange.info.apple.com/exchange/
The recall began a year and a few months ago. June 2001, I think.
From
Actually, that not a seeking sound. That a very special sound much more
louder than the normal seeking sound. That sounds like a plastic piece
banging against another one and. It's not regular but it never stops.
To me, your description sounds like a failing drive.
If it's the original drive,
I'm trying to put together some photographs to show at my husband's
memorial, and have been using Photoshop to enlarge and improve ancient
snapshots. The effects are amazing, even though the printouts don't compare
in quality with the images on the screen. So it was suggested that along
I'm looking to Max out a 1400 C with Active Matrix screen, etc.
What can be done? I understand the G3 card is still available and I'm
going to want to put etherent and fast modem into it. Maximum memory,
Hard Drive (perhaps new IBM Liquid Bearing Drive) and CD-ROM (or even CD-RW).
I would love
Hard Drive (perhaps new IBM Liquid Bearing Drive) and CD-ROM (or even CD-RW).
I would love to have suggestions from any and all.
Don't expect anything from CD-R or -RW. All burning software really needs
SCSI manager 4.3 which the 1400 doesn't have. External SCSI CD-R is your
easiest option,
victoria brandon wrote:
So -- is there another freeware or shareware program that would work? Or is
there something I could do to the photo files to let QuickShow display them?
Save in another format or change file attributes, for example?
Gif converter has a very nice slide show tool. It
Gary, I did a quick check of this site, but no mention
of a 3400 (and the puny 1.3 Gig original drive) that I
use. And yes, using 8.6 OS, the drive has a tendancy
to spin down. (It was not a clean install of 8.6, but
a dump from the first CD I ever burned.)
Cheers
George
--- Gary D. Adams [EMAIL
on 11/22/02 11:03 AM, Andrew L. Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded to my plea
for help of *4* minutes previously (!!!) by suggesting
You might try JPEGView... at http://www.mac.org/graphics/jpegview/
Thank you Drew! It's downloaded and works (these pictures look fabulous),
and will
All you experts -- I need help on something that might be a bit OT
(but not
too much).
I'm trying to put together some photographs to show at my husband's
memorial, and have been using Photoshop to enlarge and improve
ancient
snapshots. The effects are amazing, even though the printouts
And many thanks also to everyone else who came to my rescue a few minutes
later.
This list is unbelievably helpful and generous.
Thanks again,
Victoria
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Subject: Strange clack in a 3400
From: Mehdi El Gueddari [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
My brand new powerbook 3400 has a very annoying problem : a clack sound
appears as soon as the powerbook is powered on and repeats itself every few--
Is the clack more of a clunk?
I use my laptop to present images using icab in kiosk mode, and writing a
simple webpage to scroll through the images. Most of the html and
JavaScript necessary to make it work is available online.
You have much more control over the presentation(background, color,
captions, animations) It can
From: Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Maxing out a 1400 C and CS
In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-id: l03102803ba0438aa7d63@[192.168.1.102]
Hard Drive (perhaps new IBM Liquid Bearing Drive) and CD-ROM (or even CD-RW).
I would love to have suggestions from any and all.
Don't
If it's an older model IBM Travelstar, you're stuck with the clack. I
have one in a firewire container (used to be in my 1400), and I'm glad
the wire is so long. When I'm in a hotel, I have to put the thing on a
towel, it's so loud.
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Ok, this is something I've never really gotten a handle on...
(Before you start, yes, I know I could just get a PC card modem for
cheap!)
Can the 5300 use external 56K modems reliably?
The port is not GeoPort, correct? At what speeds will it operate? If
it isn't GeoPort, can it still be
victoria,
Have you tried graphicconverter? I, too, sometimes have problems with
jpgs or gifs that programs such as Photoshop create...
Judy
sorry about not snipping the below -- many keys on this keyboard are not
functional... :(
On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Andrew L. Kershaw wrote:
Victoria,
You
you might give Graphic Converter a try, I use it for slide shows all the
time,
Bill
From: Andrew L. Kershaw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks)
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:03:09 -0800 (PST)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks)
Subject: Re: How to make a slide show?
Here's an excellent guide to getting the Road Rocket up and running on a
2400c AND simultaneously using another PC card:
http://www.liethen.com/filia-ul-copt/ix3d-rr/
It probably applies to the 3400 as well.
Ed
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Small Dog
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:36:09 -0700
From: Andrew Kershaw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Duo KB to ADB conversion
Clae,
Why not use a IIgs Apple Keyboard or Apple Keyboard II for this?
I have one here, and it's a good interim solution, but still too
thick for the intended use.
Do you have a
I'm looking to Max out a 1400 C with Active Matrix screen, etc.
What can be done? I understand the G3 card is still available and I'm
going to want to put etherent and fast modem into it. Maximum memory,
Hard Drive (perhaps new IBM Liquid Bearing Drive) and CD-ROM (or even CD-RW).
I would
victoria brandon wrote:
So -- is there another freeware or shareware program that would work? Or is
there something I could do to the photo files to let QuickShow display them?
Save in another format or change file attributes, for example?
The older freeware version of UPresent (now
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
I'm looking to Max out a 1400 C with Active Matrix screen, etc.
What can be done? I understand the G3 card is still available and I'm
going to want to put etherent and fast modem into it. Maximum memory,
Hard Drive (perhaps new IBM Liquid Bearing Drive) and CD-ROM
The mouse button on the 3400 is none of the dumbest peices of engineering I
have ever been sorry to witness - not since the American Motors Matador
anyway! When the first one that broke, I went to an Apple repair agency (no
longer doing PB's, they all have to go to Tokyo now) and had it fixed for
How do you like the c screen? I've never seen one.
Considering that the screen the original 1400cs/117 I had didn't work, I
was extremely pleased with the 1400c screen ;-)
Seriously, though, having compared the two on a friend's 1400cs, the c
screen is much brighter and crisper, even by today's
Just for curiosity's sake (and 'cos sometimes my screen acts like it wants to go
all wonky on me) was it easy to find/purchase a replacement c screen and put it in?
I like the privacy of the cs screen -- except when I and another person are
trying to get something done on the computer together,
on 11/22/02 8:21 PM, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And most of the CD-R drives aren't supported by MacOS so you'd need FWB CD
toolkit (freebie solutions don't work on the 3 SCSI -R drives I have) and
even FWB doesn't support many that many drive models (although if you have
an
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