Hi Mark, The drives arrived. Have installed the 250 and it works fine. I will probably put the 320 in tonight. Thanks Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Janello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:29 PM Subject: Re: Duo question > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:46:22 -0700 > >From: william ahearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Duo question > > > >anybody ever put a 2300 mobo in a 230? > >staight insertion or is there anything > >unobvious about it? > > Hey! > > Yes you can do it, though if all you have is a bare motherboard, you'll > have some 'issues'. > > The 2300 motherboard was designed to be able to upgrade all previous models > of duo (who would turn up the opportunity to get a 640x400 passive matrix > b/w screen PowerPC machine?), so has internal connectors for all types of > duo screens and both SCSI and IDE hard drives. > > The 'official' upgrade kit was the entire base of a 2300 and you'd move > your hd and screen over. > > So if there are issues it will be with the heatsink/metal frame combo > (different sized main processor chip) and with the trackball/trackpad > connectors, and I don't know what the deal is there. > > What actual 2300 parts do you have? I'd say just start putting things > together and see what happens. > > I think I have a PDF of the take-apart manual which I can email you if you > like. > > Mark > > > > -- > PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> > --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
