Hi George have you stripped the book and reassembled it after the fall as if the hdd cable is just sitting on the connector and not connected properly it will interfere with the ide controller on the motherboard and the internal drive will not be powered .
vicki ---------- >From: George Mogiljansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: 3400c boots only with a powered external SCSI device >Date: Sat, Apr 10, 2004, 2:30 AM > > Hi all, > Happy Easter! > My PB 3400c took a hard fall and now boots only with a > powered external SCSI device. Is there a broken > connection on the mother/logic board that can be > fixed? > > Part of the problem/solution is that without the SCSI > device, the internal HDD goes to sleep or stalls > before the boot finishes. > > So whatever is putting the drive to sleep or stall is > deactivated by the presence of the powered SCSI > device. > A non-powered device has no positive effect. > TIA > George > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway > http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ > > -- > 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 > -- 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
