>Hi there. I've got an old Duo 230 that I'm trying to make usable.
>It has "issues", however. First of all, the keys on the keyboard
>don't work half the time (dust??). But that's rather minor, since I
>can use an external keyboard....In general, how do I go about
>cleaning the keyboard (and perhaps relatedly, I'd also like to know
>how to access the innards -- hard disk, etc).
Joe, check out this website:
http://members.home.net/gionpeters/Duo.html
>Most of the big problems seem to be power-related. At times while
>running with the power adapter, the machine will shutdown
>spontaneously for no reason...this is weird. Also, I have a battery
>that I believe to be nearly empty
The rear AC plug adapter may be loose and require a wee bit of
soldering. If you have the AC plugged in, if you wiggle the plug, do
you see/hear sparks ?
>[is there a way to test the battery level, as in with a
>multimeter?], and it will "fully charge" it in a matter of minutes,
>but then when I run on battery power alone, there are only a few
>minutes of life on the battery. Using the other battery, I let it
>charge for perhaps 45 minutes, and the control strip said it too was
>charged, so I tried to boot using only the battery, but all I got
>were strange momentary patterns on the LCD display, or the Sad Mac
>tones, or (weird!) a crackling sound from the speakers. I'm almost
>afraid to leave this thing plugged in while I'm away for fear that
>it will spontaneously combust or something. :-)
bad Battery. Very bad battery. YOu may not be able to recover it.
Try continual cycles of charge/drain.
I used fans and LED lights to drain a battery as much as possible,
but I have yet to be able to restore a duo battery. In the end, I had
one rebuilt with better cells.
>Any ideas on what to do with it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>- Joe
Mad Dog
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