maxtek wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > Etc. I just removed a 32 meg ram > card from mine and put it into the other Powerbook. Piece of cake until I > tried to boot it. I got the 6 tone crash sound (3 tones up and 3 tones > down). I tried to reboot and than nothing. No sound nothing except the hard > drive spinning. Etc. > > So I took out the 32mb card and put back in the 8mb card and the SAME thing. > The crash tone. > > Any ideas? Did I toast the daughterboard? And if I did, how? > > Please help and thanks. > > maxtek
Hello Maxtek: I think that you bent one or more of the memory connector pins on the daughtercard side of that particular connector. I have cursed the engineer or bean counter who put this connector in PowerBooks many times. Most of the other connectors in the PowerBook are designed so much better. The cure (hopefully) is to straighten the pins so that they line up _exactly_ with the others. Also, check the memory card side of the connector. It can be scored by bent pins and _rebend_ the pins you just straightened. You must be very careful when you reinsert these memory cards. Take your time and make absolutely certain that the card is: 1. centered in the daughtercard "fence", by this, I mean, make sure that there is an equal (very small) distance between both sides of the memory card and the metal shield around the daughtercard area, and, 2. that the edge of the memory card that is towards you is on _top_ of the small metal supports and that there is a slightly greater amount of distance between this edge of the memory card and the edge of the "fence" that is closest to you. I _really_ hope this takes care of your problem because the exact same thing happened to me with my 32 MB PB 540c. I was a little upset for a day until I pinpointed changing the memory card as when all quit. Good Luck Sincerely yours, Grizzlygiant -- 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
