I am the proud owner of a 3400. Actually my wife is. It is a really nice machine. I've got a PB 145 and we have two PB 540's. I know my way around them OK. The 3400 is a new thing for me.
The flicker's got me though. Eveything else works fine. It has 16+16 MB RAM, a two hour Li-ion battery, looks like a depleted PRAM battery as it looses the date when I pull the main battery, OS 7.6.1 for the 3400, all ports and parts working including floopy and CD. I've never tried the OS 8's but I will try my iMac startup CD to see if that runs it and if it flickers. It doesnt flicker all the time, but when it does it is like a one second or less dimming. The flicker is not temperature dependent. I checked with MyBattery 3.3.8 and the temp range was 72-111 F but flicker did not co-relate with temperature. It wasn't time dependent either. Nor dependent on extensions. It happens with extensions on or off. I looked through control panels but saw nothing to explain it. I've changed the sleep settings to never for screen and processor, but to no avail. Any ideas? I don't want to think it is a hardware problem, but it seems to be. I want to exaust all the other possibilities first. But if that's what it is, then that's what it is. Hopefully it is an easy fix, because I'v got all the files moved over and everything else is just right. I'm looking for the apple files on the 3400 too. Need manuals and eventually the takeapart to add some RAM. I'll be looking for them this afternoon. Richard W. usually a lurker -- 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
