Hi Bob: I'm rebuilding two Duo's, a 250 and a 280C, and now you've got me nervous.
Good luck. I'll watch for advice others give you.
John Morgan
bob bellerue wrote:
> i am in the process of rebuilding some duos that i got over the past
> few months from ebay and some friends, and i'm having a humdinger of
> a time getting things to work smoothly. i'd love some help, oh wise
> ones.
>
> they are both 270c's upgraded w/ 280c motherboard. first one boots
> up, but when i go to put something in the trash, it says that it
> cannot be left in the trash, would i like to delete it immediately?
> i know this is something very basic, but i can't remember what. i
> initialized drive (os 8.0 drive setup), reinstalled OS 8.0 and 8.1
> update, updating disk driver, and it still does the same thing.
> weird. otherwise it is acting normal. (i really wanted to put 7.6.1
> on but i have misplaced my CD.) the hard drive was from a 250, and it
> did the same thing in that configuration too.
>
> the second one won't boot up, and the hard drive used to, i know
> that. when i plug in the AC, it gives me the normal start-up chime,
> but then it does nothing. the little green light at the top right of
> the screen housing is on, and if i press power again it goes out and
> then back on immediately, or control-command-power and it goes out,
> blinks, and then immediately comes back on, either way without giving
> me startup chimes. no spinning hard drive, no warning chimes of
> death or disorder, no nothing. tried attaching floppy w/ 7.6 disk
> tools but nothing. no stinkin nothing. i tried resetting the power
> manager, and then it just gives me the startup chimes but nothing
> follows, and this is a new PRAM battery.
>
> my wife is gonna give me a serious rousting here if i can't get these
> things to fly better than our powerbook 165, which is supposed to be
> retired after these shenanigans. a step up with a whole lot of
> problems in the way.
>
> thank you very much,
>
> bob
> boredom is the threshold to great deeds -- w. benjamin
>
> own yr own self
>
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