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The 2400 of Death — #4

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'…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 19:42

Powerbook 1400cs 177 not booting OS 7.6 — #6

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…
68kMLA OS 8 by porter Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 19:12

The 2400 of Death — #3

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 …
68kMLA Hardware by TheNeil Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 15:00

Powerbook 1400cs 177 not booting OS 7.6 — #5

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 …
68kMLA OS 8 by beta_train Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 11:48

Powerbook 1400cs 177 not booting OS 7.6 — #4

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…
68kMLA OS 8 by porter Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 03:50

Powerbook 1400cs 177 not booting OS 7.6 — #3

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 …
68kMLA OS 8 by beta_train Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 02:56

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #13

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Lateralus Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 00:54

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #12

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…
68kMLA Hardware by Lateralus Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 00:51

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #11

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…
68kMLA Hardware by equill Fri, 14 Nov 2008 - 00:20

Yet another 2400c problem — #3

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 …
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Thu, 13 Nov 2008 - 22:46

The 2400 of Death — #2

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?
68kMLA Hardware by beachycove Thu, 13 Nov 2008 - 22:39

Replacing Lamp in a Pismo Tonight — #10

I don't know if I want to attempt it. Thought I might be able to hire you. Just picked up a 333 Lombard with a decent screen...but it could probably be better Not sure if…
68kMLA Hardware by lastmile77 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 23:47

Find total RAM amount in Open Firmware — #6

http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_boot.html It's in the reg section. My iBook has two 512MB modules and so has 00000000 20000000 20000000 20000000 Yours would appear to h…
68kMLA Software by slimac55 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 21:17

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #10

Not trying to referee or anything, but sometimes a day isn't enough, especially when dealing with temperamental old hardware. Also, our Army has only about 1000 members, and not a…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 18:34

Yet another 2400c problem — #2

That's interesting. There were no jumpers on the drive, were there? Sometimes drive manufacturers or resellers will ship drives with jumpers installed, as some computers need to ha…
68kMLA Hardware by Franklinstein Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 18:18

3400 recessitation?? :-( — #9

Man, you two must be brothers or something... He specifically bolded times, as if to say that I posted the messages 39 minutes apart, ignoring the date. If bumping a thread in th…
68kMLA Hardware by Lateralus Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 16:07

Replacing Lamp in a Pismo Tonight — #9

Are you going to offer backlight replacement service now? Click to expand... I sure could in the form of advice!
68kMLA Hardware by Dennis Nedry Wed, 12 Nov 2008 - 15:45
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