Got the 3400c unit last night - it is in quite nice condition for its age and did have a CD drive as well as floppy drive. I think it is a 180mhz early machine. 64 mb ram card in place. I would like to try and get this running again.
Popped the keyboard and reset the ribbon cable in the connector for the video. No change, still a black screen. Appears not to be the backlight, I see nothing on the screen when I look closely and use a LED flash to check.
This afternoon, I am going to hook it up to a Mac monitor at work and see if I get anything from the monitor port.
I get chime, pause, hard drive normal sounds (sounds a bit tired but oh well, it should be tired) and do get sounds when I try some keyboard commands.
What I need to ultimately figure out is whether it's just the need for a new screen and cable, or if it's a motherboard issue. Any advice from PB experts?
I'd like to get her going. If not, I will sell for parts. Everything is in quite nice shape. It's got a broken ports door as is normal, given that piece of lousy design.
Popped the keyboard and reset the ribbon cable in the connector for the video. No change, still a black screen. Appears not to be the backlight, I see nothing on the screen when I look closely and use a LED flash to check.
This afternoon, I am going to hook it up to a Mac monitor at work and see if I get anything from the monitor port.
I get chime, pause, hard drive normal sounds (sounds a bit tired but oh well, it should be tired) and do get sounds when I try some keyboard commands.
What I need to ultimately figure out is whether it's just the need for a new screen and cable, or if it's a motherboard issue. Any advice from PB experts?
I'd like to get her going. If not, I will sell for parts. Everything is in quite nice shape. It's got a broken ports door as is normal, given that piece of lousy design.