Re: Help with 5300 upgrade

2003-02-02 Thread John Cate
Thanks to everyone that replied. Turned out it was some sort of issue with the RAM card, once I pulled it out, I was able to boot OS 8 from the CD and format the new drive, and I am installing it now. I'll try to get the RAM to work right once the install is done. These 5300s are the most temperam

Re: Help with 5300 upgrade

2003-02-01 Thread centurytel
on 2/1/03 2:20 AM, John Cate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've never tried any upgrades on a Mac laptop before and have run into a > snag with this one... > > It's a PB 5300c, which I opened up and upgraded with a new 6 GB hard drive > and a LapisColor video card, and at the same time swapped ou

Re: Help with 5300 upgrade

2003-02-01 Thread Donn Haven Lathrop
>>and that drive should be internally terminated and plugged for SCSI ID 3.<< Why, pray, should it have to be SCSI ID 3? Just curious. Mine was at 2 when I bought it, and it's given me more headaches than all the frat parties in college. Set it to 3, and it works just fine. Any particular re

Re: Help with 5300 upgrade

2003-02-01 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 01/02/03 13:08, Donn Haven Lathrop at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Does that work on an external CD ?<< > > Yes. And on two different 5300's. Didn't realise that, thought that only worked on internal CDs, - saves me some finger stretching ! Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fan

Re: Help with 5300 upgrade

2003-02-01 Thread Donn Haven Lathrop
>>Does that work on an external CD ?<< Yes. And on two different 5300's. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support L

Re: Help with 5300 upgrade

2003-02-01 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 01/02/03 11:54, Donn Haven Lathrop at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are you holding down the 'c' key to force it to boot from the CD? Is it > a bootable CD? Does that work on an external CD ? Even if it isn't bootable you shouldn't get a crash. Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fa

Re: Help with 5300 upgrade

2003-02-01 Thread Donn Haven Lathrop
>>It starts to boot and then gives the bomb icon and a "bus error", and it does it repeatedly<< Is the CD-ROM terminated? For some reason, 5300's seem to be deep into SCSI voodoo. Mine (2 of them) won't mount the CD (Apple 300 external CD-ROM drive) unless it's terminated, or if there's an exter

Help with 5300 upgrade

2003-02-01 Thread John Cate
I've never tried any upgrades on a Mac laptop before and have run into a snag with this one... It's a PB 5300c, which I opened up and upgraded with a new 6 GB hard drive and a LapisColor video card, and at the same time swapped out the RAM expansion card to increase the memory from 24 MB to 40 MB.