That's quite unfortunate. All of mine have worked when their replacements arrived. To that end, I've had three machines fail to GLoD, all resurrected. One was fixed by replacing a…

The "plug issues" typically plague only the 190/5300-series, mostly because of the tiny plug (which could break easily) and receptacle (whose solder joints would often break loose …

As my PowerBook 150 has bitten the dust I no longer have a portable computer. I have been reading Wikipidia articles and websites about the PowerBook 1400. I am used to the cruddy…

....in my kitchen having a glass of chocolate milk Click to expand... so that was the magic ingredient.

Hey I would be glad to! I installed 8.1 again, but this time I formatted the Hard drive as Mac OS Standard. Then I install a minimal 8.1. I boot into that and put my 7.6 CD into th…

Thank you so much! I now have a working OS 7.6 system Click to expand... (a) Can you tell us how you got out of your pickle? It would be nice to know what the problem really wa…

Thank you so much! I now have a working OS 7.6 system

It's just hexadecimal bytes. Click to expand... Ah, thanks.

Motherboard fuses - there are about six that need checking/replacing ... see the 2400c mailing list on info regarding this, let me know if you have difficulty finding the posts, I'…

2) Booted from 8.1 CD, installed 8.1 Click to expand... Good, you have a working state you can get back to. Put this back on so you know you having a working system and can the…

Yep - held the reset button in for 30 seconds with power applied, power not applied, battery in, battery out etc. but nadda, zip, nowt, nothing...just the ever glowing green light …

It's just hexadecimal bytes.

Okay, 1) Had 9.1 on it. 2) Booted from 8.1 CD, installed 8.1 3) On mac mini made 7.6 CD. 4) Installed 7.6 from 8.1 5) Went to boot, says " Cannot use this system disk on this …

So what is the algorithm for deciphering these numbers?

I'm lost. I can't work out what you have done and what you are trying to do. What was 8.1 running on? Normally to install an OS you have to have booted from a different device t…

I can view the files on my Mac mini. And I've booted (recently) 8.1 and had that install, but I installed 7.6 from the 8.1 install and it says on boot " This system disk cannot be …

Not all OS disks are bootable. 1. can you view the contents on a another mac? 2. can you boot the 1400 with a disk tools disk?

Hello all, I have a .toast file with Mac OS 7.6 on it. I know the file works because it was tested before being sent to me. I burn it in Toast ( 7.1 ) and go to boot up my 1400, I …

For old Macs (and aged electronics in general), some machines are best dealt with by removing all power (including PRAM) and letting them sit for a week or two. Others can be reviv…

I'm relatively new by registration date, but I already like this board a great deal. I think there are excellent members here who make for excellent conversation and excellent info…

You two are a hoot, really. Click to expand... And you need to get that you are one out of 1036 or so, which predicts that you may get less than 0.1% of the available notice. I…

$405 is a good deal for a Lisa and a ProFile, even if they don't work.

I am planning in the next few days to upgrade from 8.5.1 to 8.6 to see if that makes any difference. If it does not, I will most likely try a 4GB CF drive that I currently have in …

Now THAT is a shame. Mind booted right up first time on replacement of the power board. I assume that you have done the usual reset of the power manager?

Managed to get a replacement power board for my 2400 (thanks to a nameless soul on here who pointed me in the right direction ) All fitted, power applied and...still GLOD :'( …