I went to boot up the powerbook after fixing the trackpad cable, and it has died. No startup chime, no HD spin up, no nothing. Funny thing is, dock plus recognizes it and boots itself up, even from the powerbook's power button, but no visual or chime; just the dock's hardware starts. I tried booting without the 16 mb ram expansion card and I tried the reset button. I'm now very lost and the manual only gave me the idiot's guide: Plug it in, Turn it on, Hit reset button.

Sigh...

EDIT-I tried taking out the RAM card a second time and it booted. Good news is that my alunminum foil fixed the trackpad

EDIT 2- Yup it's the RAM card; I guess better that than the mobo as I was going to be replacing it with a 48 mb one anyway(unless of course, the entire ram bus is bad and I waste 50 bucks on a RAM card I can't use)