On 1/4/03 Mad Dog wrote: > >I am having an interesting time tracking down a PB3400 failure. >After swapping parts around, it appears that my communication card >(the modem/ethernet card internal to the 3400) will prevent booting >if its in place. All I get is some clicking from the power board, >and a very faint clicking from the LCD. Sometimes the green sleep >light is on. Sometimes not. Take the communication board, out and >the unit fires right up. This isnt the motherboard or power board >(at least, alone) Odd. > >Has anyone else heard of this occurring ? Is this a GLOD for the 3400 ? > >Does anyone have one of those communications boards for sale ?
Sure does sound like a bum ethernet/modem card to me too, other tests would be a LB swap and/or trying another card. This is surely what you get for assembling another Franken'Book! : >) I just gave up on my own Franken-3400 and bought a couple of "parts" PBs 3400, both of which turned out to be fully-functional (lucky me!) Upshot is I now have an extra enet/modem card, reply offlist of course. Alternatively, surely you've got a PCcard enet NIC about, just use that. (You can call me Mr. Helpful!! : >) On 1/3/03 Mad Dog wrote: >Does anyone here know the procedure for getting a PB3400 Cardbus >enabled ? I always ignored al lthe cardbus/3400 posts, but now that >I actually have a working 3400 I regret my oversights... I got a Newer Firewire card to insert into the card-cage by trimming a tiny bit off the corner of the card itself. Examine both CardBus and non-CB cards and you'll quickly see the difference. With the card's top on top and looking from the interface end, you'll notice on the right side the different ridge widths. I simply pared the CB card's ridge down to the width/thickness of a regular PC card. I figured that would be a lot easier than shaving the same spot inside the cardcage. Inserted into both 180mhz and 200mhz PBs 3400 the card shows up on the desktop under 9.1 as a generic PC card. Adding the Newer driver plus the Apple FW extensions (including the FW PC card driver) and the card pops up as a Newer Firewire card. However, I've not been able to get any FW devices recognized. I didn't spend a huge amount of time at it, so I might be missing something obvious. I reckon the fact the card and driver seem to be playing nice means the card is actually recognized as a CardBus card, though of course I could be wrong. Dan K -- 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
