I just had the same problem with my 280C, which worked yesterday, but now only the
chime and a green light. This seems like an epidemic concerning this same problem
lately. What can I do to get my 280C to come alive once again?
Tom
Carrie wrote:
> hi,
>
> another mac list referred me here...hope someone can help me!
>
> i just inherited a PB Duo 2300 with minidock, duo dock, LaCie CD-R drive, plus
> other stuff.
>
> i've been having many problems with the scsi chain. Tried hooking up a Zip
> drive and the LaCie Drive. Also have another Panasonic portable CD drive I
> tried putting on the chain. Once or twice I got it all to work but when I shut
> down or restarted, the cd drives never worked again. Almost always the Zip
> worked fine...even with the cd drive on the chain.
>
> My current problem seemed to have happened after I reinstalled the LaCie drive
> software and successfully got the drive to mount. I left the computer on
> overnight and in the morning the desktop was gone. Most of it anyway. It was
> frozen so I had to shut down. After that the PB would not restart. I get the
> initial start up chimes but nothing else happens. The drive does not attempt
> to start as far as i can tell. Tried hooking it up directly into a wall
> outlet, with just the minidock, back in the duodock, without any scsi devices.
>
> Is it time to find a Mac technician or is there something else i can do to fix
> this myself? I really have no idea what it could be. I can't believe the drive
> is dead. it made no unusual sounds or anything like that prior to this failure.
>
> thanks in advance for any help/tips!
>
> Carrie
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