Hi James!
I am surely not the maddest (or experienced) hardware scientist on
this list, but since no one else answered� I will try.
>Hello. I tried to pull up the list archive on the site to see if this topic
>had been covered, but for some reason the page wouldn't load, so please
>forgive me if this problem already has been covered on this list.
>
>I was trying to upgrade my Duo 230, which for some reason had quit running
>off the battery, to a 2300 motherboard, figuring that that would fix the
>problem and give me a faster computer. I also got a replacement internal
>battery. I've added hard drives, RAM, PCI cards and new procesors to desktop
>Macs without incident, so I figured I could handle this.
So far - no problem. I also updated my 270c to a 2300c without any problems.
I used the original apple service manual from this link:
http://www.traffictrak.com/ServiceManuals/powerbook_200_series.pdf
where the 2300 upgrade was described (with pictures and such).
>In addition, I'd got a 1/2-gig IDE drive to replace the 80MB SCSI. Since I
>don't have an external floppy to use to reformat the IDE, I left both drives
>connected, figuring I could boot up from the SCSI, then format and copy all
>my system software to the IDE. According to the stuff I'd read, this should
>be possible (in theory) using a 2300 motherboard.
Due to a lack of an IDE cable I had to use the small 240MB SCSI disk
and can't tell if thats only possible in theory or in practise.
>When I plugged it in, the IDE drive immediately got red-hot,
what got red hot? the whole drive or just te cable?
> so I immediately
>unplugged and disconnected it. I put the computer back together again.
>However now, with the new motherboard in, the hard drive powers up when it's
>plugged in but nothing else happens. And now, when I put it back together the
>old way (with the 230 board), nothing happens at all.
I need more info on this.
Is it only the drive (which) spinning up and nothing else (like
screen, backlight, etc.)?
What happens when you power it up without any hard drive?
Are there some error sounds?
You can check the startup procedure with the apple 2300 service manual
http://www.traffictrak.com/ServiceManuals/powerbook_2300_series.pdf
(many, many thanks for the people who made these availiable).
>Is there something I missed when I was putting it back together? Have I
>permanently fried this thing, or is it easily fixed?
I hope you didn't fry it.
For the mising floppy capacity, I'd like to help you out with any
dock - but the way over the ocean to chicago is quite too much.
Perhaps some duo user out of this list is located more next to you.
>Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hope I could help a little.
Good luck,
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