on 4/25/01 Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Machine is a 2400/180, 1.3G/48M > Currently machine is retired. > Any help resurrecting would be appreciated. > <snip> > Have reinitialized the Hard Drive, loaded a clean system...and still freezes. It could be same corruption in your "clean" system as well as your boot partition--however unlikely that might sound. It has happened to me and took a while to isolate. Also try to rebuild desktop and /or run Disk Warrior. > Only positive note: > > When attempting to back up with machine in SCSI disk mode it did not > freeze before I'd completed the transfer - about half an hour. > Alternatively, if problem persists it could be a bad CPU. Try a Disk Repair emergency floppy and see if the CPU handles that without freezing. Deteriorating CPU is my best guess. > Plan initially is to open it up, check both RAM seated correctly and > replace the PRAM battery. Then if that doesn't do anything, it's time > to make an appointment with the doctor (but hoping to avoid that as > they seem to all be in the US and I am on the opposite side of the > Atlantic.) I'm in Switzerland, presumably your side of the Atlantic. At the moment I have enough 2400s and spare CPU cards including 603e/180 to test/diagnose it for you if you have no other solution. I'm not in the biz but willing to help an isolated fellow lister. > > Any ideas beyond this? Recognize the symptoms? Power Manager? In-Out > board? Motherboard? MB less likely but not excluded. IMO, the two most likely problems are as per above. Sidney Ho ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
