As good as the Pismo is, it may be time to start thinking about a replacement. Titanium G4 Powerbooks are getting cheap these days and you can even start to get really good deals on aluminum models now. That the Pismo has managed to remain relatively up to date compared to other G3 Powerbooks is a testament to it's design, but the design is still old and there are much more powerful technologies available for little money so keeping it going as anything but a backup machine makes little sense. I'm still attached to my Wallstreet but concede that I could have much better for an affordable price and accumulating Wallstreet parts for the inevitable day when something breaks is going to be wasting money.
On Feb 7, 1:48 pm, Austin Leeds <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, my Pismo is dying. It's having troubles starting up (first time-- > press power button, HD spins, everything sounds like it's going, no > screen, no HD activity; second time--boots as normal), going to sleep > (either shuts off or kills screen when I close the lid--no sleep), and > is releasing an unpleasant odor on startup. > I'm prepared to sell the thing for parts on eBay (after posting info > on LEM swap), but before I do, does anyone have any suggestions? I'm > in the process of stripping the RAM and HD out to upgrade an iBook > clamshell and perhaps a desktop. The only thing that seems at all > burnt is the CPU, but I haven't gotten in very far. I haven't seen the > PMU yet, and since the smell seems to be coming from that direction, > that may be a likely candidate. I'd rather buy a new MacBook White > (just got some scholarship money), but I want to know if it would be > worth it to keep this thing running. > > Thanks, > FFF -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
