I thought the motherboard went bad on my 2400, but it seems like it was some sort of drive corruption. I installed a Connectix Color Quickcam and did not realize that the software was incompatible with OS9. When I tried to launch the Pict or Video application with the QuickCam extension loaded, the application would quit with an error message explaining that it was not compatible with the latest file management system installed on the computer. Well, after several crashes, the machine just froze up and would not restart. I tried a combination of the three fingered salute, hitting the reset button and removing the battery. No chime and the HD did not spin up. In fact the only thing that happened was the sleep LED turning on and off as I pushed and released the reset button. Eventually after removing the battery and holding the reset button for about a minute it restarted from the internal HD, but it would not restart again after that. I was able to get it to start up consistently from my Ministor PC card hard disk and the internal HD would mount OK. I re-initialized the the internal HD, and reinstalled the system, but all I got was the startup chime and now a gray screen and it would no longer start from the Ministor. I eventually got it restarted from a floppy and decided to do a low level format. Of course, Drive Setup from OS9 won't do a low level format, so I used the version provided with 8.5 and then updated the driver to 9.0. I reinstalled the system and all is working again. I suspect that the software incompatibility somehow corrupted the the boot blocks on the HD since the error message I got was about an incompatibility with the file format used by the current system. Anyway, this ate up the better part of a day and had me thinking I might need a new motherboard. Bob Snow ---------- 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> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com>
