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PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #64

Here are two pics from a PB 3400 (128MB) RAM and a PB G3 Kanga RAM. Can anybody please tell me what size the Kanga RAM is? Seems to be equal. Hmm...
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MikeatOSX Sun, 14 Jun 2015 - 22:26

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #63

So that's very similar to the status of my repair board. Last thing I was doing was trying to replace little caps that hopefully regulate ADB - hence my request for the photos. …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Sun, 14 Jun 2015 - 17:53

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #61

What would it take to get the 240's off of you? I have more itching for another 3400 project.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Macdrone Sun, 14 Jun 2015 - 16:26

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #60

Yeah I've already "worked" on these enough time. In that stack there are , - a 200Mhz working fine but no ADB, so i don't care much about it cause i already have two fully work…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by galgot Sun, 14 Jun 2015 - 13:06

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #58

Progress : Just tried that SCSI trick, now the corroded 240Mhz board boots on a Zip. But unfortunately no ADB nor trackpad control, nothing.  So I get on the desktop and can do no…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by galgot Sun, 14 Jun 2015 - 12:34

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #57

The connectors won't fit.  So no.  There are probably also a slew of other incompatibilities. But also if both VGA and a working 3400c screen don't work (I'm not sure actually abo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 22:10

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #56

BTW: did anyone test a PB 5300ce display (800x600 active matrix) with a Kanga or PB 3400c? For test purpose only.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MikeatOSX Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 21:57

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #54

You could try reassembling the all thing , and leave it unpowered but plugged to power brick for a night. My Kanga was not booting one time, I think it was after changing the HD, …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by galgot Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 21:25

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #53

Oops, dishwasher is not really my choice. Or baking a logic board, as some guys do... But yes, I'll take out the lb but not today.
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MikeatOSX Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 20:52

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #52

I don't want to suggest you do anything that will harm the Kanga - particularly because I think it'll be difficult to find a new logic board - but at this point I would take the bo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 20:19

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #51

No I didn't take it out as I don't have anything to swap. I cleaned a battery leaking PB 5300 logic board some weeks ago - which is working now, but I can't see anything wrong wit…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MikeatOSX Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 20:05

One more SE/30 saved ! But strange HDD behavior — #32

Ozymandias said: The picture above is of the old but still working 1990 70MB Quantum drive that came with the mac. I removed the A1 A2 jumpers on it and it indeed started lo…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Elfen Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 19:58

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #50

Wait.  The 3400c display does not work with the Kanga?  I thought that it did.  If it doesn't then there are some more basic problems.  I assume you have taken the logic board out …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 19:55

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #49

Yes I have absolutely everything to test.  I‘m a Mac user since 1992 and didn't give away anything. And yes, I have all service sources for all Macs, but the Kanga / 3400 servic…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MikeatOSX Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 19:43

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #48

Nor worries on the English. * If you're going to leave the replacement screen in whatever - it's just useful for debugging to see some screen.  VGA out? * (Ok on fan; I didn't th…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 19:16

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #47

raoulduke said: Are you just tossing HDs in or are you trying to install to them through the Kanga? What happens when you boot from an install CD/disk tools floppy and just …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MikeatOSX Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 19:07

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #46

Interesting.  Random thought.  I think with the second problem I know what you mean - sometimes my broken board (when it worked) would boot to gray screen and sometimes to HD (past…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 18:41

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #45

I don' t think ADB is completely broken on these. The first one , non-corroded nice looking, was from a 3400c with a broken screen that i managed to boot with another screen before…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by galgot Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 18:38

One more SE/30 saved ! But strange HDD behavior — #31

The picture above is of the old but still working 1990 70MB Quantum drive that came with the mac. I removed the A1 A2 jumpers on it and it indeed started loading System 7.5.5 inst…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Ozymandias Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 18:25

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #44

Galgot - thank you very much!  I have to start working on my /200 board again; getting the solder off has proven pretty challenging.  I'm assuming none of those boards specifically…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 18:24

One more SE/30 saved ! But strange HDD behavior — #30

Booting on a Mac takes time. I noticed that on my systems with a SSD, that there is a 20 second or so pause between the "Welcome to Mac" sign and the first extension loading. And s…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Elfen Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 17:01

PowerBook 3400c Repair Stories — #43

Yes I did it: I swapped the PMU board, but that didn't help. Wasted money! I tested with a known good PowerBook harddisk with system (and a CF-IDE adapter afterwards), disc…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by MikeatOSX Sat, 13 Jun 2015 - 16:17
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