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First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #9

Do you have any other TVs or monitors with a composite input? The Dell probably expects a perfect RS-170a broadcast spec NTSC signal, meaning it likely screws up when connected to …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by NJRoadfan Sat, 21 Mar 2015 - 16:19

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #8

Dang Dell… after doing more reading, it seems that lots of people have problems using classic computers and video game systems with the Dell 2007WFP. It must not be tolerant of com…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Sat, 21 Mar 2015 - 06:03

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #7

yup that boot tone is normal sounds just like this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrAdW1jCH5s once you get your hands deeper into it, you will realize its got a pretty …
68kMLA Troubleshooting by uniserver Sat, 21 Mar 2015 - 05:41

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #6

Yup, that "weird sound" is the startup chime. I am not too smart sometimes. Hmm, this is getting weirder. I hooked up a Nintendo Wii to the Dell monitor's composite video input…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Sat, 21 Mar 2015 - 04:35

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #5

OK, it seems the composite video input on this Dell 2007WFP LCD is broken. Which is weird, because I've used it before with other composite video projects. In fact, it's the only r…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Sat, 21 Mar 2015 - 04:27

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #3

After watching some YouTube video, it seems that weird sound is normal. So I guess I just need to figure out the video...
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Sat, 21 Mar 2015 - 03:57

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #2

bigmessowires said: Is the IIgs monitor output different from a Mac II series monitor output? / Any suggestions for getting video going? Click to expand... Yes.  It's ana…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by Bunsen Sat, 21 Mar 2015 - 03:55

First boot of a new IIgs - help! — #1

So I got an Apple IIgs from Uniserver - thanks! This is my first ever Apple II system. Now I just need to figure out how the heck this thing works. When I first power it on, there…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by bigmessowires Sat, 21 Mar 2015 - 03:35

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #11

That exact symptom occurred with my bootlegged battery and the 5300 this morning: chime off of the battery and then nothing else.  I forget if I tried to soft reboot. Maybe the ci…
68kMLA Troubleshooting by raoulduke Fri, 20 Mar 2015 - 01:30

Powerbook 3400c Battery Rebuild — #10

Yea, and it even stops it from powering up sometimes. it will chime and stay black screen, or not chime at all. Or repeatedly chime.  So i tossed it. it was garbage anyway. 
68kMLA Troubleshooting by techknight Fri, 20 Mar 2015 - 01:20

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

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

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
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