You have a Lombard wich needs a screen to work. Well, you can place the Pismo's one. This will be the faster solution. Follow these steps:
http://homepage.mac.com/scadboy/lcd/ Anyway, it will be better to fix the Pismo, because it's the only which have DVD Playback on OS X and has a better Video Card. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 08:52:30AM +0200, Mikael > Bystr?m wrote: > > Adam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > >The good news is that I already tested with a > battery and eliminated > > >this as a possibility... unless the AC board has > magical powers to > > >prevent a boot from a battery, which doesn't seem > entirely likely. > > > > > >What I am trying to do here is figure out if it > is the Logic Board, > > >Processor card, or battery board that could cause > a completely cold, > > >dead, lifeless Pismo. It is as if it is a > door-stop. > > > > Exactly what results did the battery test give > when you can say that the > > Pismo is "as if it is a door-stop"? > > IF the battery, loaded on another machine, booted > the machine, it COULD > > NOT be the motherboard as that is needed no matter > what you boot from. > > IF it boots from a loaded battery, but not when > battery is disconnected, > > but connected to the wall power outlet, nor is > charging the battery, it > > could be: > > > > 1. the sound card as that supplies the motherboard > with power from the > > wall power outlet (rule out all other possibilites > and then replace the > > card or see if visibly needs resoldering) > > OR > > 2. the AC adapter itself (try with a known good > one) > > > > If I misunderstood you here it is because you did > not supply with the > > full set of symptoms. Please do if the above > doesn't make sense. > > Okay, here is the full situation... I had a working > Lombard which fell and > cracked the screen. The only thing wrong is the > screen, but someone with > a 'dead' Pismo was willing to give it up in order > that my laptop might live. > I decided it would be cheaper to repair the Pismo, > and needed to start > tracking down the culprit. My batteries/AC and the > like are all known good > as they are from the Lombard. I couldn't supply a > full set of symptoms because > the only symptoms I got was: no sound, no power, no > battery charging, no HD > whirr, nothing. Kinda hard to nail something down > when you have nothing to > work with, isn't it? > > Anyways, it was actually just a logic board > 'lock-up' which needed a PRAM > battery disconnect and full reset. Ironic, as the > guy isn't even interested > in the laptop anymore. The problem now is that the > sound board > does still need to be replaced (sound doesn't work, > although the AC does), > and that the firmware on this Pismo is as it was > when it left the factory > back in 2000. While it is great to nail down the > problem, and I could > replace the board with the Lombard's (in theory), I > would rather get a nice > Pismo-oriented Sound/AC board. > > That means I have a 40GB 10.3 HD that won't boot, > 10.2/10.3 CDs which > twitch out when booting, and 9.0 CDs which are too > old to boot to do the > firmware upgrade. I do have 10.0 and 10.1 CDs which > boot great and have no > problems (and sees the RAM I swapped over from the > Lombard, which is good). > So, now I have to hunt down a 9.1 install CD so I > can boot this sucker, update > the firmware, and then boot back into 10.3 and move > forward in college. I also > need this laptop functional within the next few > days, as I have obligations > which are being seriously hurt (college and job) > because the Lombard was my > work machine away from home, and the Pismo is now > tweaking because it wants > new firmware, and I lack a simple install CD. I > guess my main option for > now, just so I can do SOME work is to grab my old > 4GB drive, install 10.1 on > it until I can procure the 9.1 CD. > > That leads me to another question... anyone here > have a 9.1 Install CD they are > willing to part with for a reasonable fee? ;) > > Regards, > Adam Thayer > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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