Joost van de Griek wrote: >I'm having a little trouble with my PowerBook 1400C (333 MHz G3, 64 MB RAM, >OS Z1-9.1, internal Ethernet and Zip100). > >Unitl about a month ago it was working fine. Since then, it was at a >friend's house, who left it on a shelf, unused, with the battery inserted >but the AC adapter unplugged. When I picked it up and tried to start it, it >just sat there. > >When I plug in the original Apple power brick, it doesn't respond at all. >When I try it with the MadsonLine micro-adapter, the speaker pops at a >steady rate, as if it were trying to start up. Sometimes, the screen sort of >flashes, too. >
A friend's 3400 had the same flashing screen after being left unplugged but running on batteries for a week. It wasn't until I installed a spare PRAM battery did the annoyance go away. Charlie -- 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
