Re: Weird 3400 sounds.

2003-03-30 Thread Stefan Persson
> > Try zapping the PRAM and resetting the power manager -- the exactly how are these two things done? > spontaneousre-boot is a symptom of trouble with the latter. > > HTH (and good health to your 3400), > Victoria Stefan Persson -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and

exploder!

2003-03-30 Thread THE ROCK
Ever since I upgraded my 3400/200 from OS 8.1 to 8.6 I can't launch explorer 5.1. I even trashed it and reinstalled but run into the same problem. What happens on launching exploder er.. explorer is that the browser launches but before any of the images or text appears the powerbook gets stuck. I g

Re: Problems with track pad on 2400

2003-03-30 Thread John Smith
Is the track pad button ok? Maybe it is in a constant state of "on"?? What do you mean by the hard drive whirs? It's spinning loudly? -- John On 31/3/03 3:33 PM, "David Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dear troubleshooters, > > when i move cursor on the desktop it makes drag type geometric

Problems with trackpad on 2400

2003-03-30 Thread David Price
dear troubleshooters, when i move cursor on the desktop it makes drag type geometric shapes. I have disabled trackpad, restarted, and not only does the trackpad still work, it continues to do the very same thing. Also when I double click on hard drive icon, i hear hard drive whirring. Oh, boy

Re: 3400c Speed Question

2003-03-30 Thread Tyler Krehbiel
I know it has the Ethernet/Phone port A friend of mine has been trying to tell me that some of the ones that have the port are only modem though, i havent seen anything on this, so i'm not sure what to expect. ~Tyler This is going to sound either very smart or very stupid: Doesn't it tell you

Re: 3400c Speed Question

2003-03-30 Thread John Smith
This is going to sound either very smart or very stupid: Doesn't it tell you after the name on the case? For example, "3400c/240" means it is a 240MHz Machine... I'm just guessing here, that¹s what the 1400 series is like, so I only assume the same for the 3400's. If not, (ie, it just says "3400c"

3400c Speed Question

2003-03-30 Thread Tyler Krehbiel
Does anyone know if there is a way to tell the speed of a 3400c from the outside? (Without booting up) Thanks ~Tyler -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start

Re: 7.6.1 on PB 180c and modem card for PB 5300c

2003-03-30 Thread Christoph Pistor
I was just wondering if you happen to know how to rebuild a battery (the main) with new cells. For example with NiMH cells. People on the Duo List have done so with success. C. Nils Mueller-Scheessel wrote: > At 15:32 Uhr -0500 30.03.2003, Christoph wrote: > >> Do you have a solution for to th

Re: PB 500 take-apart

2003-03-30 Thread Alan O'Neil
>>Besides, why would I want to spend more >>money on the 520 that I'm not going to use much? Consolidate! >BECAUSE, with the 33/66 processor and an active matrix colour >display, you'd HAVE a 540c! But I don't have either the 33MHz processor or the active-matrix color screen handy. I'd rather not

Re: 7.6.1 on PB 180c and modem card for PB 5300c

2003-03-30 Thread Nils Mueller-Scheessel
At 15:32 Uhr -0500 30.03.2003, Christoph wrote: > Do you have a solution for to the battery problem on the 180c? > What do you mean with "battery problem"? The main battery is nearly dead, of course. It never used to last for more than a couple of minutes, anyway. The rechargeable lithium batte

Powerbook 1400 Stuff Available and Needed!

2003-03-30 Thread Illovox Media
>From Run at 98144: Want to buy or trade for a 1400 PB Bookendz. Should be completely functional. Just acquired the 48mg single 1400 ram chip that I needed. That means I have 4 (FOUR) stackable 24 meg 1400 RAM chips that I am willing to trade or sell. 2 of these 4 wonderful chips, all tested a

Re: Weird 3400 sounds.

2003-03-30 Thread victoria brandon
Adam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Turning the 'Book on via the AC adaptor (oddly it booted the moment the > adaptor was inserted, with out me pressing anything) shows that the battery > is now flat, though it does still recharge. Try zapping the PRAM and resetting the power manager -- the sponta

AW: Powerbook backlight dicussion

2003-03-30 Thread Kai Steinmann
>I have an Apple service tape for disassembling the 500. I wish >there were some way to get it on some place to download. I've just copied >it for someone on the list, but I don't want to keep on doing it that way. >Paul Nelson Hi Paul, actually that's really something the whole world should ha