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Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #9

Oh, I meant on the efficiency/persistence, not the crashing on insert - I missed that part of the post.  And I couldn't find anything directly on point to it.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Fri, 20 Mar 2015 - 01:01

Emate 300 Memory — #5

Look on eBay for a unit with both slots filled. Or make me an offer for mine!
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Fri, 20 Mar 2015 - 01:00

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #7

There are software components to the battery's efficiency and longevity; though I don't know that they apply to your two batteries.  Maybe I'm misremembering.  The link I originall…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 23:19

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #6

I had a lombard like that as well, but I ended up getting rid of it. I came into a second one which causes the machine to crash if I put its battery in it, needless to say its dead…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by techknight Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 23:12

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #5

Yeah, I have a Lombard battery like that. Odd thing was that it never worked for most of its existence, and it just somehow randomly started working when I accidentally put Tiger o…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by CC_333 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 23:09

Widget drive — #11

Very carefully. With extra ductape
68kMLA Hardware by techknight Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 22:04

What is under the hood? — #2

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68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 21:30

What is under the hood? — #1

Inspired by many movies on the Internet about opening up a Lisa I decided to take of the top of my former Lisa. As maybe some older members know I acquired one some years ago. It i…
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 21:23

Widget drive — #10

Bought myself an ATX power unit! Now studying the way to connect it.
68kMLA Hardware by mactjaap Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 21:12

Emate 300 Memory — #4

Says out of stock but you can email and ask - I'd be pushy.  When I emailed about their 180mhz 3400c main board, they just said out of stock:  http://www.pchub.com/uph/laptop/344-2…
68kMLA Hardware by raoulduke Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 20:17

Emate 300 Memory — #3

Very rare to find indeed. And I've heard...stuff...about the Newton Sales upgrade, so if I were in the market I'd try to find the Newertech part.
68kMLA Hardware by TheWhiteFalcon Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 19:53

Emate 300 Memory — #2

If I recall Newertech made some cards. But I have never seen them. My guess is that these may be a rare thing to find.
68kMLA Hardware by unity Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 19:51

Emate 300 Memory — #1

Just a quick question.. How can you upgrade the emate 300 memory.. I see an extra slot but not sure what is compatible with that slot... Anyone know what I should be looking for???…
68kMLA Hardware by aplmak Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 19:48

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #31

The Kanga power boards are the same and the motherboards are mostly the same.  I'm not 100% sure why those noises but I think it's a capacitor issue.  As you've noted, when you lea…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 16:29

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #30

Btw, I have Kanga too,  witch is almost the same machine. It has that sound problem. Runs and start Ok, but if I leave it plugged on the the power block for a while (like for a ni…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by galgot Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 08:49

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #4

Got about an hour and 10 minutes on its original battery before it died. And it didnt really die, the Energy power management kicked in and put it to sleep.  has a 1997 date code,…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by techknight Thu, 19 Mar 2015 - 00:44

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #29

So I'm pretty sure the ADB problem is related to one or maybe two tiny components on the underside of the board just behind the ADB port if moving from the edge of the board.  I th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Wed, 18 Mar 2015 - 20:35

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #3

All this 3400c talk made me want to pull out mine, and it has its original battery. It is still holding a charge for over an hour of runtime. 
68kMLA Troubleshooting by techknight Wed, 18 Mar 2015 - 01:30

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #2

Mouser actually has the holders for just under $6 (534-1109) though they are backordered.  I think for the 3400c battery I'm going to go that route with these:  http://www.ebay.com…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Wed, 18 Mar 2015 - 00:03

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #1

I've cut out the board and made a note of where the wires came from.  There were 4x 26650 lithium cells.  As I can't tab or solder them myself and I don't think the holders I've fo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Tue, 17 Mar 2015 - 23:31

5300c is Sad — #8

Thanks. *)  Yes, it's back to booting for the most part.  Crashes with the card almost like clockwork > Sad Mac. 1)  Cardbus:  Yea I worded a lot of that unhelpfully I'm g…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Tue, 17 Mar 2015 - 16:10

5300c is Sad — #7

Also, why the Disk Tools floppy?  Not that that is your problem now, but why not a fresh install of a full system?  NB that when you're installing a system from another machine, y…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Tue, 17 Mar 2015 - 07:34

5300c is Sad — #6

raoulduke said: it's only when the Card's inserted that it freezes. Click to expand... So it's back to booting okay now, without the card? Could some weird PCMCIA …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Tue, 17 Mar 2015 - 07:28

5300c is Sad — #5

[that read on my 3400; it's not Cardbus] Click to expand... The 3400 is Cardbus compliant:  it usually requires a one-wire mod to activate it, but someone may have already done…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Tue, 17 Mar 2015 - 07:16
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