Have THREE Duo 230 laptops and for some CRAZY reason I cannot get any of
them to read a series of working hard drives. I figured, OK, friday the
13th, so I waited the next day, and STILL, no luck. Any suggestions of
what I am doing wrong? zap the pram, unplug the back up battery? any
suggestions would be so very appreciated since I have all three SOLD but
not in working order.
hmmmmmm......
Alan
Ben Martin wrote:
> Hey, I'm new to the list, and I kind of hate to start the experience by
> begging for help. I'm pretty frustrated though so I'm going to.
>
> I have this powerbook duo 230 and I decided to take it apart for a
> couple of reasons. First of all, I wanted to see what kind of ram was
> in it because I'm planning on getting more. Also, the keybaord and
> track-ball are terrible. I wanted to try to fix them. After taking
> everything apart, detaching the keyboard and trackball unit, then
> re-attaching and putting everything back together, I popped the battery
> in, plugged the power cord in and tried to start up. Nothing happened.
> I pushed the power button on the back and it started making this weird
> noise. Kind of like when you leave the key in a toyota truck and open
> the driver side door. I decided to just hold down the power button, but
>
> it didn't do anything. I let it sit for about 15 mins and when I
> checked on it again, the battery was REALLY hot and I could feel that
> heat through the case. I took it apart and put it back together a
> couple more times but I couldn't figure out what was wrong and it still
> does the same thing when i try to turn it on. Any ideas? Also, I have
> never taken a laptop apart before and I don't really know what to look
> for as far as problems are concearned. If anyone can give me a generic
> checklist, that might be a big help (-:
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ben
>
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