Re: 520c/166 night night/540c & 520c questions/CD sound thru PowerBook SCSI

2004-02-29 Thread Cornett
) at startup, or directly following a full 3 gong PRAM zap to boot off the Ext. drive unit, if it's got a blessed bootable System folder installed on it? > > -- > > From: mdstewart > Subject: 540c & 520c questions > > I'm new to the li

Re: 540c & 520c questions

2004-02-29 Thread Howard R. Katz
I'd be interested in one of those EIDE - SCSI converters--any info on make, model #, where to get one, etc? Later.Howard Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: 540c & 520c questions

2004-02-29 Thread The Calypso Organization
Sounds like its the one. The "Top layer" is an IDE drive - this sits on the IDE to SCSI "adaper/board/two ended card " underneath. Just carefully take the top drive off and replace with a more high powered IDE drive. Make sure the pins all go in the right places - it also reverses the drive in the

Re: 540c & 520c questions

2004-02-29 Thread R. A. Cantrell
on 2/29/04 3:35 AM, The Calypso Organization at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Answer :Try to find an APPLE SCSI HD of 1Gb somewhere.Must be Apple. These > drives are really IDE with a converter attached. Pull off the converter and > go get a bog standard IDE drive of any power you like - attach conve

Re: 540c & 520c questions

2004-02-29 Thread The Calypso Organization
"My second question concerns the hard drive. What is the maximum size hard drive I can install in the winning laptop? Any ideas where I could obtain a substantially larger drive than 500mb? Will a pull from a duo 2300c work?" Answer :Try to find an APPLE SCSI HD of 1Gb somewhere.Must be Apple. The

Re: 540c & 520c questions

2004-02-28 Thread ACFX44501
>Any ideas where I could obtain a substantially larger drive >than 500mb? Will a pull from a duo 2300c work? 1000 and 1300 MB drives were made, but these were EIDE drives which have been "converted" using an EIDE to SCSI converter. The 1000 MB drive was an Apple offering, the 1300 MB drive was a

540c & 520c questions

2004-02-28 Thread mdstewart
I'm new to the list. I have a 540c with 36mb ram/500mb hd that has been through it. I have replaced the screen with a new active matrix. The latch is broken, the door on the back is missing and the trim is broken, hairline cracks everywhere, and it looks like hell. Otherwise it works fine. I have