PowerBook 180c Power + Screen

I recently acquired a PowerBook 180c. It came with a power adapter and a battery. I plugged it in (without the battery) and pushed the power button. The screen came on and it made the start up sound and then it just turned off. I took it apart and tried several things with it in pieces. If I h

Re: More on my PB 190cs

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Re: More on PB 190cs

Ge' wrote: ... Can someone tell me what's the difference between 7.5.3 and 7.5.5? I mean in terms of: why upgrade? According to Apple, 7.5.5 fixes a number of instabilities in 7.5.3. I don't think it adds any features. jp -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog E

Re: More on PB 190cs

Ge' wrote: John: I agree with Yersinia: First get comfortable with 7.5.3/7.5.5 and see if you need an upgrade at all. Dealing with these 'legacy' powerbooks (terrible name, by the way) you admit in advance that you don't care to be 'fully up to date'. (Those guys with Panther live in the illusi

Re: More on my PB 190cs

Ge' wrote: John, >It's not obvious to me why the Mac thinks there are 325MB on a 256MB >card, but maybe it will make sense when I've learned more. Sorry to ask, but are you sure you're not looking at the internal harddisk specs? OK, to be sure I wasn't confused, I went back and looked at all my d

Re: Hard drive question more

Thanks Adrian: Your persistence made me check again in detail what's happening during my PB's startup, and I think I have now pinpointed the error. The long wait is after the desktop appears, with volumes, files, and folders, but without windows of open folders; the menu bar is still blank. Aft

Re: Hard drive question

> It occurred to me that this is very similar to the time and harddisk > sounds of a desktop rebuild, so here's my new theory: > Somehow, the desktop is lost and has to be re-built at every startup. > So my question is now: Does this mean my harddisk is on the brink of > collapsing, or is it somet

Re: Hard drive question

Thanks Adrian: Your persistence made me check again in detail what's happening during my PB's startup, and I think I have now pinpointed the error. The long wait is after the desktop appears, with volumes, files, and folders, but without windows of open folders; the menu bar is still blank. Aft

Re: Hard drive question

At 5:35 PM +0200 4/29/05, Ge' wrote: Thanks Adrian: Your persistence made me check again in detail what's happening during my PB's startup, and I think I have now pinpointed the error. The long wait is after the desktop appears, with volumes, files, and folders, but without windows of open folde

Hard drive question

Thanks Adrian: Your persistence made me check again in detail what's happening during my PB's startup, and I think I have now pinpointed the error. The long wait is after the desktop appears, with volumes, files, and folders, but without windows of open folders; the menu bar is still blank. Aft

Re: More on my PB 190cs

John, >It's not obvious to me why the Mac thinks there are 325MB on a 256MB >card, but maybe it will make sense when I've learned more. Sorry to ask, but are you sure you're not looking at the internal harddisk specs? Ge' -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog El

More on PB 190cs

John: I agree with Yersinia: First get comfortable with 7.5.3/7.5.5 and see if you need an upgrade at all. Dealing with these 'legacy' powerbooks (terrible name, by the way) you admit in advance that you don't care to be 'fully up to date'. (Those guys with Panther live in the illusion that the