>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.
Well, I tried 2 different mothrboards, and the symptoms are the same. >This is surely what you get for assembling another Franken'Book! : >) Science MUST go on ! I wont even tell you how I am considering overclocking the bus and changing the bus to CPU multiplier..... >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. Will do. >Alternatively, surely you've got a PCcard enet NIC about, just use that. >(You can call me Mr. Helpful!! : >) Sure, but I want another to determine if its the comm card or the power board. Mad Dog -- 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
