I picked up a Lombard a couple weeks back. It is generally a good
machine. This is my first Lombard, so I am not sure what things would
fall within the scope of being normal Lombard behavior and which
things perhaps need addressing.
It is a 400MHz G3, DVD, 6GB hard drive, 256MB RAM.
It came with OS X v10.3.8 installed. I installed OS 9 over the
weekend, and when I booted into OS 9 it reports problems with the
cache. From what I have read I gather this is a somewhat common
problem with the Lombard. I suspect it has a bad impact on
performance, but it does not seem to cause any operational problems.
The biggest annoyance I have noted is that the Lombard will not
startup unless I first hit the reset on the back of the machine.
Pressing the power button generates a bong, but nothing further
happens. I followed directions I found for resetting the NVRAM and it
made no difference. There is no cold boot until I press the reset
button.
There are times when the Lombard seems to get very warm and I have
not noticed the fan kick in. I am going to look for a temperature
gauge for the system, but do not know what normal operating
temperatures are for the Lombard.
I have a used battery in the Lomard that lasts for about two hours of
steady use with a wireless card in the PCMCIA slot. This is adequate
for my uses, but again I have no idea what the working life of a new
battery is in the Lombard.
Thanks for any assistance getting up to speed on the Lombard.
bill
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