Re: EIDE Drive Format but...

Same thing happened when I swapped out the original drive for the 6 GB IBM TravelStar. Turned out to have been a termination problem. Try removing the termination to the CD-ROM if it's on or adding a second termination if not. However, all is not running entirely smooth. I get a happy face

Standardised test for battery charge (?)

I'd like to have some idea what each of my 5300 batteries hold. Is there a standard for testing how long a battery holds a charge? ie, I'm 'assuming' that a processor-intensive function would drain a battery faster than simple word processing. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: 5300 Can't format HDD

I ran into this exact problem this morning with my 5300cs, swapping out the Apple-branded 500MB drive for a 6GB IBM TravelStar. The Apple Authorised Repair shop didn't notice that the TravelStar had no jumpers on either the slave or the master so nothing he did, made the drive visible. He

Re: password protect

Thanks for the links. These are text files that open fine if dropped onto BBEdit. No solution to the password problem, though. I wouldn't even mind reformatting the disk and putting a fresh system on it before it goes in for the REA but even that doesn't appear possible. Oh well, I've told