I wrote: >> You have several PB500s IIRC. Have you tried swapping the HD from >> one of the working 'Books to the naughty, misbehaving 'Book? >> >> Also, I cannot recall the details of your various PBs 500, do all have >> the same amount of RAM?
to which gianfranco replied: >I did not replace the HD, but for my latter try I erased the HD of >the "bad" book and copied over in SCSI mode the HD content from another >working one. Do try swapping a known "good" already-setup drive into the bad 'Book. Copying a good system is not as complete a test as using an actual "good" drive. Also, that HD is on the smallish size, is there enough free HD space? You should have at least a couple dozen MBs of free space. >I currently have 3 "complete" units: >540c 68040 33 MHz, 36 MB RAM >520c 68LC040 33 MHz, 20 MB RAM > >the misbehaving is a former 540c (unknown condition, missing parts), that >I have equipped with a known good 68LC040 25 MHz daughtercard (it won't >boot with the original daughtercard), a 130 MB HD, 32 MB RAM card and the >modem, all pulled from a working 520c. Now that I think of it, could it >be a mismatch between the 540 motherboard and the 520 daughtercard? It >was stated in the past in this list that all parts are interchangable >between 520 and >540. Maybe this is not true? I'll try replacing the motherboard with the >one from the spare 520 I have and will report. While disassembling, I will >try a simple HD substitution as well. By the way, anything else works fine >in the 520/540 hybrid... The logic boards are identical between the 520/540 series. Certainly swapping in known-good LB is an excellent test. However, I'd try some easier things first (one thing at a time of course), swapping the HD, the ram, the processor, etc. I also forget the exact problem - did you say Appletalk _does_ work, but that TCP/IP does not? Or am I confused at usual. :-) _If_ that is the case (not the my-being-confused part! :-), it's almost certainly a software issue. Dan K ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- 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
