Have you tried resetting the PMU? To check if the contacts are the
problem, try inserting the battery in the other bay. If the PowerBook sees
it, then the contact in the other bay are dirty or bad. If not, then it's
most likely the PMU.
If I remember correctly, you need to have a good main battery in the
PowerBook for the PRAM battery to recharge (yes, it's a rechargeable one).
Of course, it is quite possible that the rechargeable PRAM battery has
reached the end of its useful life. You first have to resolve your main
battery problem and then you'll see if the PRAM battery gets back to life.
This is interesting. Yes, I've reset the PMU and zapped the PRAM, the latter allowed the Battery Reset to "think" it was going to work, but still no go. I've tried the battery pack in the other expansion bay - no change. So are you saying the PRAM battery cannot be recharged unless there is a battery pack in the expansion bay? The guy that I bought this from claimed that this computer was almost never used with a battery. It didn't even arrive with one. I had to buy a new one. He did say that the date & time would get all messed up within a matter of minutes if disconnected from the wall outlet. Maybe this is because the PRAM battery was slowly discharging as it wasn't getting recharged.
My wireless question was:
My second question is of less critical importance, but still related to
my Wallstreet: I asked G-Listers for a suggestion for a wireless PCMCIA
card for this and someone suggested an ORiNOCO would work great with
Airport Drivers. I bought a new one off eBay for less than $20 (!),
downloaded Airport 2.0.4 and installed it. When I plug the PC card in,
I get an icon on the desktop, but Airport doesn't recognize the card
and won't connect. Any ideas? I am thanking you in advance.
Laurent's reply:
I did the same on an old Wallstreet and the card was immediately recognized,
in 9.2.2, as a genuine AirPort card after restarting (after installing the
AirPort software, not the card). If it doesn't work, I suspect that the card
you bought, although an ORiNOCO, has a different chipset than the original
ORiNOCO/WaveLan that Apple used as AirPort card. Other than that, I don't
know...
I bought an ORiNOCO 8461-05 802.11 a/b Combo Card Silver. Anybody know if this one should theoretically work or not?
Vikki Duggan suggested:
Go on to the low end mac sight! and go to the 1400 powerbook page. Then
scroll down to the wireless part and click on the link and the orinoco
installer image is on the page halfway down.
Thanks for the tip, Vikki. I did this, but it still doesn't recognize the card. Also, thanks to Ben Dyer, Tom Peterson, Shawn Harley for chipping in. FWIW the card does mount (either installed at boot up or inserted after boot). The ORiNOCO software (and Airport) simply doesn't see the card. I'll still keep trying. Something tells me I shoulda' just bought the last of the new iBook G3 from Macmall for $699.
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