Hi vicki, No, it's connected. It stalls and I can hear it going into (what I think) is sleep mode. The presence of the powered external SCSI device (either a CD-Rom or an HDD) solves everything. The 'book runs like new, i.e. boots normally from the internal drive. I took it apart again after getting the pdf from Apple Dev. notes. I can't see anything broken, yet. There's no reset button on the 180 MHZ mob, is there? George
--- vicki duggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html -- 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
