** Continued, but separated from my battery comments, someday, when I get time, I'll get around to writing my take on the extraordinary number of "dead" G3 Newer cards and alleged MB/PB/DB hardware problems. I'm increasingly convinced that unexorcised, corrupted PRAM and possible (undocumented) Newer driver & G3 card sensitivity & HD drivers type and boot block corruption are somehow interrelated problems for upgrades not working in 2400s. Actually my G3/240 2400 was revived after I put it back together to give to MCE and put the battery back in. Imagine my surprise after 6 months when I couldn't resist reflexively powering up one more time! I suspect that in cases of the worrisome "green light of death", the PRAM battery will otherwise still hold a small residual charge even if the "green light of death" has gone out. It literally may take a few more hours to drain PRAM before reviving a dead 2400. Remembering all these cases of motherboards being replaced in 2400s, keep in mind corrupted PRAM and the PRAM battery are also conveniently replaced in such an operation. Hmmm... One of our fellow listers recently got a good price on eBay for a G3 upgrade not working in his 2400 (actually 3). I'm in contact with another European based fellow lister who is currently having similar problems with a G3 card that worked fine earlier but his also 180 has no problems. I think partially corrupted PRAM, inability to work with the HD driver and G3 cards/drivers together are likely suspects. The 603e/180 seems to be more tolerant. Anyone have any other observations? I'll return to this theme, later... --- Sid ---------- 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>
