Hi George. not that i know of have you done a hard reset from the rear power button or a full os reinstall. or have you tried starting with a cd rom loaded in the cd draw internally instead of externally.
i do have a spare 1.4gb hdd that i can send you and i can load a full copy of any os you want on it. to see if that solves the problem. if it does then you know what it is and can get a new one. I did have this problem with a 140 pb once but i replaced the hdd and it was fine. vicki ---------- >From: George Mogiljansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: 3400c boots only with a powered external SCSI device >Date: Sun, Apr 11, 2004, 12:14 AM > > 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 > -- 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
