PowerBook 3400 Main Battery Problems

I need software to reprogram the chip in 3400 Li-Ion batteries similar to the program for the 500 series batteries, I now have 3 brand new batteries that the LED's say are fully charged, but the computer says are dead that will not charge in the computer and that a VST battery charger says are

PowerBook 3400 Main Battery Problems

I need software to reprogram the chip in 3400 Li-Ion batteries similar to the program for the 500 series batteries, I now have 3 brand new batteries that the LED's say are fully charged, but the computer says are dead that will not charge in the computer and that a VST battery charger says are

PowerBook 3400 Main Battery Problems

I need software to reprogram the chip in 3400 Li-Ion batteries similar to the program for the 500 series batteries, I now have 3 brand new batteries that the LED's say are fully charged, but the computer says are dead that will not charge in the computer and that a VST battery charger says are

Re: Kanga to 3400c mb swap?

Sean, Should be very easily done, tedious more than anything else, since both machines will have to be almost completely dismantled. The 3400c comes in 180, 200 or 240 MHz, called variously the 3500 or Kanga or G3 is 250 MHz. The 5300, 3400c and 3500 are all the same form factor, the 530

Re: PB 3400 Battery Question

Justin, With the machines setting unused for some time the PRAM batteries are probably on their last legs, having just delt with a similar issue myself. The Main batteries for these machines are readily available New and from listmembers. I have several if you're interested, contact me o

Re: Is there a 3400 or 2400 battery charger?

Tom, Don't know about the 2400, but VST makes one for the 3400. Roger Tom W. wrote: Is there a battery charger that just plugs into the wall and charges either 2400 or 3400 powerbook batteries? Thanks Tom -- My wife makes itty bitty horse tack http://www.darkstormstudio.com http://editor.

3400c Power Issues

Steve, The PRAM battery you need is available from Donny Monk for $24.00 plus shipping, he is reliable and may have the jumper you need also. E-mail him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Roger -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog

Re: 3400c Power Issues

Bev, There is a short jumper that goes from the battery connector to the power supply board, I too have had Ian's problem in getting them seperated, in fact I destroyed one, and in the other 2 cases I gave up trying to seperate them and resorted to replacement, but replacing the battery a

Re: 3400c Power Issues

Ian, Problem could be as simple as reseating the power supply board, but could also indicate a failed board or worse still the GLOD or acute sleeping sickness, both unrepairable motherboard issues. Parts for the machine, if no one on the list have them are available from, The PowerBook

Re: Power Book 145B

Dave, I received your letter in yesterdays mail, you were most generous, the parts you have came out of a unit that had been dropped, but everything was tested after it was pulled and all were functioning at that point. Happy New Year. Roger David I Hassett wrote: Roger Volk

Re: Power Book 145B

3060 6945. Merry Christmas Roger David I Hassett wrote: Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: David, Need a snail mail address, you can reimburse the postage after you receive it. Roger David I Hassett wrote: Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: David, I have one you can have for the co

Re: Power Book 145B

David, Money order would be fine. Roger Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: David, Need a snail mail address, you can reimburse the postage after you receive it. Roger David I Hassett wrote: Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: David, I have one you can have for the cost of

Re: Power Book 145B

David, Need a snail mail address, you can reimburse the postage after you receive it. Roger David I Hassett wrote: Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: David, I have one you can have for the cost of shipping. Roger Roger Volk 6013 Hope Dr. Camp Springs, MD 20748 David I Hassett wrote

Re: Power Book 145B

David, I have one you can have for the cost of shipping. Roger Roger Volk 6013 Hope Dr. Camp Springs, MD 20748 David I Hassett wrote: Hi To All, Does anyone know where I can get a 4 Meg memory module for my Power Book 145B? It seems to have an empty socket on the daughter board. I

Re: Lombard Questions

Dave, This machine lacks the PRAM battery capacity to do a sleeping battery swap on anything more than 384 mb, my processor had a bad L2 Cache gave similar symptoms, no restart, L2 Cache parts are available from Daystar. Roger David Rodriguez wrote: Morning all, Been a long while since I'

Re: what is this laptop

Tom, I know of no issues. Roger Tom and Lisa P wrote: Tom, It's a Pismo, see: www.welovemacs.com, PowerBook Accerories, then, Identifying Different Models of the PowerBook G3 Series. Roger Thanks, everyone. Are there any known problems for the Pismo to run OS X ? ROM issues, etc ?

Re: what is this laptop

Tom, It's a Pismo, see: www.welovemacs.com, PowerBook Accerories, then, Identifying Different Models of the PowerBook G3 Series. Roger Tom and Lisa P wrote: Which laptop is model M7572 ? Pismo ? Lombard ? Wallstreet ? thanks, Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and.

Re: VST Chargers for 190/5300/3400?

Dan, Are they complete with adapter? Thanks Roger Dan K wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 190/5300 changers which have 190/5300-only power brick connections. There are 3400 changers which have 3400/3500/WS-only power brick connections. (There are apparently chargers which have d

Re: How to get Service Manual for 3400?

Bill, I have a pdf file of the Users and Service Manuals I could e-mail to you gratus, or a CD with both for $5.00. Roger bill f wrote: Hi Powerbook experts, I've discovered that Service Manuals are available on CD. Someone is selling them for $3 plus $3 shipping on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/

Re: Re Rebuilding battery on 1xx PBs

Bob and Nils, The battery cases are glued or heat fused together, I was able to break the bond without destroying the case in one instance with a small metal spatula after finding an area that was not fused and working slowly to break areas that were fused, and in another case I accidentally dr

Re: pram battery

I also have 2 3400's with this symptom, and have replaced the power supply board, keyboard, & PRAM battery, as directed by the trouble shooting matrix in the service manual, all to no avial. Both Books have started to exhibit other symptoms of acute sleeping sickness or GLOD. The failure is on

Re: Changing hard drive on 3400c

Brian, Hold down the c key as you power on to boot off the CD, as long as you copy you shouldn't have any problems, but don't understand why you're doing the intermediate transfer. Roger Brian Mahoney wrote: Just got my new 40G (8 meg buffer) drive for my 3400C. Will it boot from a 9.1 CD with

Re: Premium Books

R.A., Would you consider $110.00 for the 3400? Thanks Roger R. A. Cantrell wrote: Bookies, I need to get out of the PowerBook business, so I'm using up my once-a-year sale posting early in the year. I have some really primo old books, and a ton of extra stuff to get rid of

Re: 3400c PMU board the same as Kanga?

Gregg, The only issue I am aware of on parts interchangability is memory. Roger Greg Waitley wrote: Question for the list: I want to replace the power manager board on a Kanga. Will a PMU card pulled from a 3400 work? I know the form factors are the same, but I've read various opinions on

Re: The Saga of the Powerbook 3400c

Nat, I had nothing but a plague of minor issues running any version of system 9 on the 3400, I am running 8.6 on the one machine I still have running and it is stable, have 6 others that have some version of acute sleeping sickness(GLOD & etc.). Roger 6013 Hope Dr. Camp Springs, MD Nathan Hill

Re: Printer for my PB5300C

Gerald, The apple site for their printers lists the BC-10(black) and BC-11(color)as a correction on my earlier post. Roger Roger Volk (Contractor) wrote: Gerald, According to this site this is the compatable cartridge. Apple ink cartridges Apple StyleWriter 2200 ink cartridges Apple

Re: Printer for my PB5300C

Gerald, According to this site this is the compatable cartridge. Apple ink cartridges Apple StyleWriter 2200 ink cartridges Apple StyleWriter 2200 Apple StyleWriter 2200 ink refills kits discount Apple StyleWriter 2200 printer cartridge part numbers: Tri-Color Tank Inkjet Cartridge: BCI-2

Re: PRAM battery for 5300ce?

Larry, The PowerBook Guy has them listed for $12.95, and I have had good experiences purchasing parts pieces from him, he packs and ships promptly. Otherwise a google search for PowerBook parts will bring a list of others; PowerBook Medic, Daystar, and etc. This website is very helpful for i

Re: PB 3400c

Brian Mahoney wrote: FYI to Roger, I just picked up a battery on Ebay that supposedly works with a 3400c, which is what I bought it for although it's not the same model number as the original. Cheap, 17 bucks including shipping. Let me know if you want the url, if you can't find it there. Some comp

Re: PB 3400c

Phil, Easter egging is a Navy term for blindly substituting parts when you have No */?@ idea what you are doing or what the actual failure mechanism is. Roger Phil Cook wrote: Easter egged. Do tell :) What easter eggs have you found on the 3400? On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 09:07:11 -0500, Roger Volk

Re: PB 3400c

Manfred, I have easter-egged these guys to death, the symptoms on each vary slightly and 2 of them will start up on a power reset, 2 at least chime and 1 gives an audible click on the audio before the sleep light illuminates solid, and 1 is just dead, I have tested all components in a known

Re: PB 3400c

Manfred, I have easter-egged these guys to death, the symptoms on each vary slightly and 2 of them will start up on a power reset, 2 at least chime and 1 gives an audible click on the audio before the sleep light illuminates solid, and 1 is just dead, I have tested all components in a known go

PB 3400c

I have 6 PB 3400c, all but 1 has some form of GLOD or sleeping sickness, the 2 machines that run check okay with Tech Tools, does anyone know of a diagonistic that will detect these problems. Thanks Roger -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: Re.: Trackpad vs. Mouse

Count me on as a mouse man, I've always been frustrated by the keyboard and trackball/pad on powerbooks, with my 180 I had a beautiful compact keyboard trackball combo that was very slick, with my 3400 I use a Mac compact keyboard and a standard mouse. Roger macnifico wrote: Count me in as a n

Re: Powerbook 160 Modem identification

Clark, Probably, if you've never taken this model apart, intructions at this site should be of help: http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh/ martin wrote: I'd like to determine what model of modem card is in my PB160 without opening it up for a physical inspection. I've tried Now Profiler, Mo

Re: PB 3400 Power Manager Board?

George, TV Tuner contact cleaner. Roger George Mogiljansky wrote: > Hi Roger, > What did you clean them with? > George > > --- Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I cleaned the PM board contacts/pins last night and > > all is working/charging now. > &g

Re: PB 3400 Power Manager Board?

Mac, That's a good place to start, but if that does not cure the problem, failed components on the logic board can cause the same symptoms. Also since you just had the machine apart I'd check card seating and any connectors you had apart. Roger Mac wrote: > My PB3400 decided to ignore the

Re: video out on pb's

Han, You need a video adapter for the Power Book, it adapts the HD plug on the PB to a standard Apple video plug. I've seen them reasonably priced on the LEM list. Let me know how this works out as I aquired on of the same type devices as part of a trade, and as an aside they do mirrior the

Re: 3400 Corrosion

Chuck, If I remember right the area's you describe have galvinized steel in the mountings, will check when I get home, but if the corrosion products were white and powdery combined with rust thats probably the case. I have several of these machines and noticed a similar occurance in the parts

Re: 3400c PRAM Battery Replacement

Mac, You don't pull the PCMCIA cage, you pull the brightness and speaker grill module, there is a single # 8 Torx above and to the left of center of the PCMCIA card cage, but make sure you disconnect the appropriate ribbon cables first. Roger Mac wrote: > Re: PB 3400c > > Can someone tell m

Re: what is connected to the battery?

Han, Could be a bad Power Management card, it's the small card that plugs in next to the Hard Drive. Thanks Roger Han wrote: > We have been troubleshooting a 3400 that went down > dead about a month ago. We tried replacing PRAM, no > change. Dead as doornail. We just had an imac analog > boar

Re: My 3400c serial port doesn't work

Stuart, The IC responsible is the O'Hare IC but I wasn't able to cross this to an actual device on the Logic board. My suggestion would mirror Mad Dogs, and add cleaning the connector with contact cleaner not an etching solution. Roger Tom and Lisa P wrote: > >I've isolated the serial port

Re: 3400 Screen Rolls

Chuck, You've got a new one, I've never seen a similar problem. Roger Chuck wrote: > After not using a 3400 for awhile I powered it up this weekend for > software retrieval. To my surprise the screen has begun to roll and > won't stop. The laptop worked perfect when last used. I've left it on >

PB 3400 Logic Board component level repair

Hi I have 2 PB 3400 logic boards (a 180, & a 240) that exhibit similar symptoms, the disease is acute sleeping sickness, the device that is probably the cause is the PMU IC, a variation of the 68HC05 made for Apple by Motorola. It's chip Number SC428009PV, 341S0187-B PMU, 1995 Apple, G73M0AV

Re: PB 3400 Logic Board component level repair

Tom, I used the easter egg method and swapped, the PMU board, and PRAM battery and then followed the troubleshooting logic in the Apple service manual. Once I had completed that and tried swapping the keyboard the service manual suggests replacing the logic board. Looking at the system archit

Re: PB 3400 Logic Board component level repair

; cure for the 'sleeping sickness'. Could you describe > the symptoms? > George > > --- Roger Volk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have 2 PB 3400 logic boards (a 180, & a 240) > > that exhibit similar > > symptoms, the disease i

Re: 3400c saga

George, I would be interested in the 12X CD-ROM if it is still available. Thanks Roger Roger Volk 6013 Hope Dr. Camp Springs, MD 20748 George Mogiljansky wrote: > I'm pretty sure it's the mob. This most likely started > a few months ago when I dropped it on a hard floor.

Re: PowerBook 3400 Power Problems

To The List, My apologies this was sent with the wrong subject line Roger Dan, Some sources I have used: http://www.wegenermedia.com/ http://www.icni.com/Apple%20Parts/3400c_240.htm http://www.powerbookguy.com/ http://members.aol.com/dnmonk/powerbook

Re: LF: Megahertz PC Card Modem Drivers

Dan, Some sources I have used: http://www.wegenermedia.com/ http://www.icni.com/Apple%20Parts/3400c_240.htm http://www.powerbookguy.com/ http://members.aol.com/dnmonk/powerbooks/index.html There is also a low power 6800x0 chip on the logic board that c

Re: Dead 3400?

Dan, There is a low power 680X0 series micro-processor responsible for scanning the keyboard that could cause your problem and when this happens, the troubleshooting guide calls for replacement of the logic board. Roger Dan Scanlan wrote: > Here's an update. After days of not being able to

Re: 1xx charging

Craig, To reset the PMU, push the reset button in the back of the unit for about 30 seconds with a paper clip, with no battery installed and AC power disconnected. For info on resetting most machines see: http://www.westwund.com/reference/tn/pmreset.ht Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi

Re: 34000, FW, USB, etc.

Ted, From several sites and other research, the 3400 is eletronically cardbus complient, the only issue is the the cardcage and/or sockets, I haven't been able to get my hands on an MCE upgraded machine to verify that's all they change. Roger Ted Parks wrote: > I have seen several recent po

Re: dead powerbook 3400

#toc To get info on subscribing to the list, LEM-Swap list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html> Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > thanks roger > know where to get a pram battery but how bout the PMU? > alek > On Wednesday, June 11, [EMAIL PROTECTED], at 01:32 PM

Re: dead powerbook 3400

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > thanks! about how much to replace pram or power management card? > is it worth it? > alek > > On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 09:56 AM, Roger Volk wrote: > > > > > The PRAM battery is one possibilty, The Power Management card

Re: dead powerbook 3400

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > my powerbook 3400 began giving me messages that it would have to shut > down to conserve energy even tho > it was plugged in and not running on battery. then one day it simply > died and now it doesn't power up at all. > no LED light, nothing. i've tried recharging it

Re: PowerBook 150

Eric, I haven't worked on the one I've got beyond getting it running, but you do need what Apple calls a memory expansion card, I have an Apple part # M4185 for a 8 MB expansion kit. Roger Eric wrote: > What do I need to know about adding RAM to a PB150 that only has the > 4MB onboard? I ha

Re: Question about a 180

Craig, Will it start up normally with nothing connected?, if it does check the monitor control panel for proper setup, or you may have a bad adapter, this adapter is designed to connect to an Apple display. If it won't display by itself, could be interconnect board/cable or display itself. R

Re: Dead 140

Brian, The fuse you speak of is on the motherboard next to the battery connector, it is a 5amp 125v surface mount. Usually the machine will bootup with both a charged battery and AC adapter plugged in, have you tried Booting up from a Norton utilities boot disk or an Apple disk tools disk? I

Re: PB170 Tunnel Vision

Steve, Had a similar problem with a PB 140, replaced the backlight. Roger Steve Pullan wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an old PowerBook 170 that I’m trying to resurrect but it has an > LCD problem. > > It has light shadowy tinges to the extremes of the display which get > darker and grow inward

PowerBook Batteries

My Apologies, this got sent with the wrong subject line the first time. Something I forgot to mention in my last post PowerBook batteries can be rebuilt, two that I have used in the past are listed below, the Prime Cell rebuild has been used for some time, Gadget Power Battery for a PB180 was just

Re: Apple Older Software Downloads Pre System 8 (on Apple'sserver)

> Something I forgot to mention in my last post PowerBook batteries can be > rebuilt, two that I have used in the past are listed below, the Prime Cell > rebuild has been used for some time, Gadget Power Battery for a PB180 was just > ordered and is the cheaper of the two. Roger http://www.p

Re: PowerBook 1400 Battery Reconditioning Problem

Chris, Have you gone into the powerbook control panel and set all parameters for max time/efficency vrs best conservation? Roger Christopher Kolp wrote: > Hello everyone! > > So they arrive and they work great and look like they've never > been taken out of the box. Execept for the batterie

Re: Best MacOS for 3400c/240/144

Bill Hatchell wrote: > Hi, > > Just came by a great old 3400c running OS9.0. The machine is relatively > fast at 240 MHz and has a full shot of RAM installed at 144 MB. Clip > > Bill > > Bill, I have a 3400/200/144 and had OS 9 installed and went back to 8.6, that's my preference. Roger

PB 3400c/240 startup problems

I have a PB 3400c/240 that came to me in pieces. I reassembled it and during reassembly I replaced the Pram battery as it was easy to do at that point. On power up the sleep light came on solid, reset the machine with the button on the back, light went out, machine still would not startup

Re: Dead PB 150?

Robert That battery is the pram battery and if it is dead has everything to do with the computer not starting up, one of the things you can try is leave the PB plugged into AC for a day or so and then try a startup or you can just replace the battery as it may no longer hold a charge. Roger

Re: Apple's Warning to ATA/IDE users

Jim, I have 6 gB drives installed in my 3400's and have no problems because i don't use the machines in SCISI disk mode and thats the only mode that you have data scrambling problems. Roger jimwg wrote: > Greetings: > > Mac Mavens: Please, your input on this alert that I'd no idea >

Re: 3400 phone line?

Bob, Their is a special adapter for the 3400, but if you do not plan to use both the ethernet and modem at tthe same time you can hard wire either through the rear port. Roger Bob Williams wrote: > I just bought a PowerBook 3400c as a backup to my old iBook. I love it > except I can't figur

Re: Battery Problem

Gary, Just replacing the fuse may work, but there could be other problems on the logic board. Roger Gary Sparkes wrote: > My powerbook 140's battery has ceased to function... it only works when the > battery is plugged in and the ac is plugged in i was told it was a 5A > 125V fuse... i

Re: 3400c issues...

Morgan, Super glue another screw into the stripped out head and then build up the bond outside with epoxy, let cure for 24 hrs., and remove the screw. Roger Morgan wrote: > Hi everyone. > > Bit of a problem with my 3400c. I tried upgrading the HD and managed to get > it in easily enough aft

Re: 3400.

Vicki, I've a 3400c maxed out in memory(144 Megs), and am extemely stasified with 8.6. I tried 9.1 but was unhappy withit on two points, the machine seemed to run slower and 9.1 uses a lot more memory. I reverted to 8.6. Roger vicki wrote: > Hi all > > What the best OS for the 3400 all I

Re: Powerbook 145B question

Steve, I have a PB 140 with a similar problem, replaced PRAM battery to no avail, believe problem is mother board. Roger Steve wrote: > Hello all, > I have replaced my external battery with a known good one but it > still won't keep a charge. My question for you > > I will be replac

Re: 3400c/180

Lou, The OS has to be off a general install CD, a PowerBook install CD or a platform specific CD for the 3400. OS 8.6 is a good choice, but 32 meg is the lower limit for memory, with 8.6 my startup is 20 meg for the system. My 3400 has the dual purpose modem/ether net card and requires an ad

Re: drive size on 3400

Gary, As long as you don't use the machine in SSCI disk mode drive size is no problem, if you use SSCI disk mode with a drive size over 3 GB your data may get corrupted, This is a known problem with no work around, it's in the firmware stored on the ROM. Roger Gary E Davis wrote: > Hey all

Re: PB1400cs

Dan, I goofed on this and thought I corrected it with a repost, I was thinking 3400 Vice 1400. My apologies. Roger Dan Knight wrote: > Roger Volk writes: > > >144 Meg is Max (16 soldered on, 16,32,64, & 128 available as plugin. I > >got lucky and purchased what I

Re: PB1400cs

Aly, You are correct my mind strayed to the 3400. Roger aly wrote: > Max for a 1400? How? I thought 64 was it... If that's not true, I'd love > details as to how to add more... > > Alison > > Roger Volk wrote: > > > Rick, > > > >

Re: PB1400cs

Rick, 144 Meg is Max (16 soldered on, 16,32,64, & 128 available as plugin. I got lucky and purchased what I needed from this list. Roger CMS wrote: > What is the max memory for this unit, > and whom has the best price. > > Thanks- > Rick > > -- > PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: hardware for powerpoint (summary)

Rick, You need the video card, the high density to DB15 cable(PowerBook video adapter cable) that plugs into it, Apple part # M3927, and a DB15 to VGA adapter. The DB 15 connector is the old style Mac Monitor connection. The users manual at the Apple Web site details the Process. Roger Rick

Re: hardware for powerpoint?

Rick, The 1400 requires both an optional video card and the high density monitor adapter that ends in a standard 15 pin D Mac monitor connection. Griffin makes an adapter that converts this to VGA. The 1400 Users Manual is available at the Apple Web Site. Good Luck Roger Rick McCutcheon wro

Re: PB1400 PC card woes

Steve, The proper software should be available at the Global Village web site, if not you should be able to talk to thier tech support and obtain the required drivers and possibly even the documention. Roger Steven Schario wrote: > Not long ago, I purchased a PowerBook 1400C. I love it. It

OS 8.5 Problems

I just completeld a clean install of OS 8.5 followed by the 8.6 update on a PB 3400c. Several items that were to have been in a Folder called Portables in Apple Extras were not installed. I reformated and initialized and attempted a second installation the Prompts indicated I was successful, but