Re: CD Drive problem

>I'd be grateful for any advice on the following problem: > >Powerbook 3400 on OS 8.6 >The CD drive module has stopped operating - was working fine up to >about 10 days ago. Floppy module is operating fine. Now, when a CD >is loaded it's not appearing on the desktop or accessible in any >way. R

Re: Why won't my 1400cs/133 accept a 166mhz cpu card? Help!!

>on 27/03/03 22:05, Sid Barras at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Now, I was thinking I'd use these spare 166mhz cards to upgrade some other >> 1400s-- I have a 117mhz cs and a 133 mhz cs 1400s, and neither of these >> machines will start up with the 166 mhz cards installed. I'm sure I've done >>

Re: Powerbook backlight dicussion

>Again thanks a lot for all that posts about the LCD darkening. > >Mad Dog: Do you really want to try replacing the backlight in your Duo 280? >If so, I'm very excited about what will happen... Thats the plan. I think I have a broken 280 screen I can use to swap out. Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is s

Re: WG: Powerbook 540 Display Problem

> >Kai, > >Your problem is very common in older machines. It's usually caused >by an aging backlight; when they get old, they don't work as well >when warmed up. That's why turning it off and waiting helps. > >The solution is to replace the backlight. I believe the 540 has two >fluorescent tubes

Re: WG: Powerbook 540 Display Problem

>Hi, > >I have a very strange problem with my Powerbook 540 b/w LCD Display: When I >start up my Powerbook everything works fine. But after some minutes it >starts to get more and more black at the borders. So when it's running for >maybe more than 2 hours i have very ugly dark spots (about 1/2 inc

Re: Duo 280c Keyboard

>Greetings all, >*sigh* my "new" Powerbook (Duo 280c) has developed a condition with its >keyboard. >All of a sudden the 3, 4, e, r, d, and c keys do not function, with all of >them going out today. I presume this means time to look for a new keyboard, >but... does anyone know if the keyboards resp

Re: do any other powerbooks use the same monitor connections as theduo?

>On 2003-03-15 00:20, Tom & Lisa P wrote: > >>> I have a 280c and on the mother board is a rectangular connection for >>> the lcd display do any other powerbooks use this type of connection? >> >> Nope. > >Actually, yes: The Duo 210, 230, 270,

Re: 3400 CD Drive Freeze

>The CD Drive on my 3400 OS 8.6 is acting strange. > >Insert a CD and > no sound of things whirring > the desk top freezes > >At first I got a "cannot recognize do you want to initialize" box, >but now the freezing. No matter what sort of CD I put in. > >I wondered if maybe it had to do wit

Re: do any other powerbooks use the same monitor connections as theduo?

>I have a 280c and on the mother board is a rectangular connection for >the lcd display do any other powerbooks use this type of connection? > >josh Nope. Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A

Re: how to get a adb port out of a 280c without using a dock?????

> How do I get an adb port out of a duo without using a dock? > >josh You can run 4 wires from the PDS connector on the duo motherboard. Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: Fix for broken adaptor plug-in? and some other things......

>Murali wrote: >> Hello All, >> I'm new to the list and I'm trying to bring my wife's 5300 back to a >> usable life. There are two major considerations (and one minor): >> 1. the AC adaptor socket on the circuit board is loose. I have >> repaired this twice before; disassembling the 5300 an

Re: 1400c RAM Stacking (was Re: ATA Hard Drives/PCMCIA slot)

>32 Meg modules are not stackable. 24s and smaller are. Even though >the Max RAM >in that slot is 48, it must be done with either 2-24s or a single 48 >module. Why? >I have no idea, but probably is something in the RAM recognition side of the >ROM. GURU shows many combinations of the 4, 8, 16

Re: 1400c RAM Stacking (was Re: ATA Hard Drives/PCMCIA slot)

> > > BTW, anyone seen a 64mb RAM for the 1400c lately? >> >>nope, I have an extra 16 meg chip that would put me at 64, but the stupid >>machine won't boot with it stacked on the other chip... read somewhere that >>if there was 16mb on the mobo, that stacking wouldn't work.. > > >I don't know whe

Re: Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

> ? > >Nope: > >50.html> > >,xtG >.tsooJ >-- >Nomen dominii habeo, ergo sum. >-- >Joost van de Griek > How about NeXT stations ? did they use CQFP parts ? Mad DOg -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

> > > DOesnt ring a bell. They did sell the quad doubler which was a >50 MHz clocked >> part for desktop machines. I wonder if that is a CQFP part ? > >Nope: > >50.html> > >,xtG >.tsooJ >-- >Nomen dominii habeo, ergo

Re: Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

>Hm, Googling around for more info on PowerBook 500 upgrades, I came across >this page: > > > >Apparently, these guys have managed to cram up to 64 MB into a Blackbird. >Now I definitely have to dust off my old 'Book! > >,xtG >.tsoo

Re: Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

> >> Still, intriguing. I'll bet you clocked your bus to 45MHz with a 80/40MHz >> 68040 installed. ;-) > >That's exactly it. > >The process is pretty much outlined here: > > > >Although I would recommend that you don't try to unsolder the old 6

Re: Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

>At 08:21 PM 2/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>Motorolla is smoking powerful drugs to think its worth that much. I >>would like to do the mod, but not at that price. >> >>Mad Dog > >I would bet they are produced in very small numbers, if at all. I suppose >depending on the quantity sold, they might we

Re: Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

>Tom & Lisa P wrote: >>>It should be noted that the 68040's clock input runs at 2x the actual >>>speed of the CPU, hence the dual speed nomenclature. A 66/33MHz >>>68040 is really only a 33MHz part. >>> >>>Still, intriguing. I'

Re: Mac Powerbook 520c CPU Upgrade info need

> >Damn. All this talk of 500-series PowerBooks is making me want to go to the >>attic and put my NetBSD running, 68040 upgraded, 90 MHz 540C back into >>action, instead of writing code, like I should be doing... :-P >> >>,xtG >>.tsooJ > >Whoa, did you say 90MHz? Do you mean 90/45 (as usual speed

Re: pb 3400c behaving strange

>fuse >look for one >125v 5a >- Original Message - >From: "sirksd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:52 AM >Subject: Re: pb 3400c behaving strange A fuse on the power board ? Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: PB 1400 CDROM question

> >P.S. Would another TEAC mechanism (such as the CD224e, a 24x drive) work in >place of the original drive also work if I cannot get it fixed? Any help is >greatly appreciated. Yes. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gionpeters//pb1400.htm >Thanks, >TR Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Battery Recondition question

>Greetings all, >I have a question re: the following recondition question: >I have a Duo 280c, with a spare Type III NiMH Duo battery that I would like >to recondition in the hopes that it will improve it's recharge performance. >I'm using the old Apple Battery Recondition utility, v. 1.1 as find

PB3400 power board

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Re: Floppy drive repair

>Can anyone direct me to a company that can repair an Apple floppy disk >drive for a PB 3400c. It is jammed and won't accept a floppy disk. Thanks >in advance for your help. > >THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! It is probably not worth the cost of repairing. IIRC, the floppy is the same as the one from th

Re: PB 3400 failure (plus more 3400-CardBus discussion)

>On 1/4/03 Mad Dog wrote: >> >>I am having an interesting time tracking down a PB3400 failure. >>After swapping parts around, it appears that my communication card >>(the modem/ethernet card internal to the 3400) will prevent booting >>if its in place. All I get is some clicking from the power boa

WTB 3400 parts

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Re: PB 3400 failure

> >I am having an interesting time tracking down a PB3400 failure. >>After swapping parts around, it appears that my communication card >>(the modem/ethernet card internal to the 3400) will prevent booting >>if its in place. All I get is some clicking from the power board, >>and a very faint clic

PB 3400 failure

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3400 Q's

1) Is the keyboard on the 3400 the same as on the 5300 ? 2) Is the modem/ethernet dongle necessary if you only want to use one or the other, but not both at the same time ? thanks, Mad Dog PS: its a real shame Apple soldered down the CPU on this model. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: PB3400 Cardbus enabled ?

>Check this page: > >http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Cardbus/Cardbus.html > >Tom & Lisa P wrote: >> Does anyone here know the procedure for getting a PB3400 Cardbus >> enabled ? I always ignored al lthe cardbus/3400 posts, but now that >> I actually have

PB3400 Cardbus enabled ?

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Re: PB 1400 and replacement CD and/or CDRW mechanisms

> >Tis true that cable select models won't work out-of-the-box, but it's >trivially easy to shunt pin 47 to pin 49 on the module's adapter PCB's >drive connector to force Master mode. I just used a tiny thread of solder >to short the two adjacent pads at the connector. Hmmm.. thats some mighty pow

Re: 1400 cs wireless OS 9.1

> > >as far as the cd is concerned if you can find a cd module be it a dead cd >module your in luck the teac model cd-224e will slide right into the module >and works greats > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31563&item=2083706682 Careful, I have had one person note that cab

Re: 5300 screen questions

> >If they are all the same (same value AND location) then it may be hard-coded >>in the ROM, the only way of checking for certain would be to change the ROM >>chips over. >>Ben. >>NB there is a utility called GetRom used to make ROM images for emulators, >>run this on both boards and compare the

Boot PB1400 on floppy

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WTB: 3400 motherboard

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Re: 1400cs

>I have a 1400cs . Can I change to a better display ? >Tomas >-- >Tomas Jennbert >Drottninggatan 122 >252 22 Helsingborg Yes. Simply change the old screen out and put the "c" display in. Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www

Re: Woo hoo!!!! (Was Re: 5300 bus speed...)

> >So, either the VRAM isn't installed correctly, I'm missing something >else (like adding a cap somewhere), or the 5300cs just can't use the >5300ce display. I'm leaning toward the first possibility. And it's >only a matter of time until I take the machine back apart and >re-solder all the pads

Re: Woo hoo!!!! (Was Re: 5300 bus speed...)

>Success! > >Well, partial success at least. I got a little bored this afternoon >and decided to play around w/ my CS motherboard... I pulled out my >trusty 15W soldering iron, some tweezers, and a toothpick and >succeeded in upclocking my 100MHz 603e based 5300cs to 116.7MHz !!! > >It's not

Re: Duo 280c won't work w/battery inserted

>I recently got a Duo 280c, with which I am very pleased, except for one >quirk. ($15.00 at Goodwill). > >It will not run with the battery that came with it inserted. > >I can start it up and run it all day long with the battery out of the >machine and the AC adapter plugged in, but the moment I in

Re: cd-rom modules on 3400 and 1400's

>Are cd-roms on the 3400 and 1400's interchangeable? The modules are not interchangable, but the CD ROM mechanisms might be. I have not taken apart a 3400 CD ROM, but there is a good chance you could put one into a 1400 CD ROM shell. Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

[swap] WTB: 3400 motherboard

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Re: 540c screen pinouts (slight OT)

>i have a 540c with screen that i would like to use as an >external monitor. does anyone know where i can get the >pinouts for the 31 pin connector on the back of the screen, >or better yet maybe a data sheet on this particular screen? >the Sharp model number is CFSTN LM64C12P. >i did a google se

Re: 3400/3500 battery voltage

> > >> Any risk in using the 3500 batteries? Are those >> voltage ratings okay? > >No risk, they are OK. > >Greg What about charging ? I thought Li Ion batts had to be controlled much mroe carefully when charging. This is the only reason I havnt tried to use a Gateway Solo Li Ion battery in

Re: Ethernet on a 540c?

>I'd like to get a 540c on a cable-modem router >network. The thing says is has "built-in Ethernet", >but does that mean an ethernet card came installed? > >Also, none of the ports on the back panel will accept >the ethernet cable jack---can someone point me to the adapter? The 500 series all hav

Re: Duo 230 question

>I have a Duo 230 which chimes and acts likes it wants to boot up and >then the screen goes white. Any ideas? Thanks. > Maybe the connector from the LCD to the motherboard is loose. If you have a Torx 8 screwdriver, you can take up the keyboard and check the connector. Mad Dog -- PowerBooks

Re: 540 Display darkens

>I'm fairly certain it's not the backlight, as the screen will darken in a >short time even if the backlight is never turned on. That's not to say it >has nothing to do with the backlight circuits, but it seems more likely >to be something in the screen itself or its controller than the >backlight

Re: PowerLogix PowerBoost? What the...?

>Hmmm... Curious that the URL didn't work for you. Here it is again >(make sure you get everything between the <> brackets): > > > > >If you want, I have "web archives" of that page for IE and iCab. Let >me know and I'll se

Re: 1400 charger - hidden menace?

>I was surfing sites related to the 1400 battery last night, and came >across a statement on one that even if it still works, an AC charger >"goes bad" over time and ruins batteries. They recommended buying a >new charger along with a new battery. > >Is this just to get someone to buy more stuff?

Re: PowerLogix PowerBoost? What the...?

>Ok, so I was bored and did some surfing for info on 5300s. (Yeah, I'm >on a roll, I know!) > >Mac Speed Zon >e ml> has an "article" about a 5300 configured w/ a PowerLogix >PowerBoost CPU upgrade. They don't mention much (jus

Re: 5300 stuff

>Here's a question... If I upgraded my 5300cs to 1MB of VRAM (instead >of the 512KB), would it give 16-bit color on a cs display? Would the >passive display work in that many colors? > >Do the 1400cs displays work in thousands of colors or are they 8bit >(256 colors) only? > >Peace, >Drew IIRC

Re: Source for 3400 pram battery

>Hi, I searched all over the place (net and real life) and >found the best price was through an e-bay auction. I >contacted the seller and everything worked out perfect (I >got the battery, instructions and the torx for less than >$20). Very friendly and helpful. > >You could contact him at: > >Pa

Re: 3400 users!

>I'm sure it has something to do with the machine having pre-production >ROMs or something. The 'Book is labeled as: "Hooper DVT Unit" so it's >probably got development ROMs. I've tried every OS from 8.0 to 9.2.1 and >none are acceptable apparently. The 'Book gives an error while booting >that mea

Re: 1400cs vs 1400c screens

>I thought I posted this already, but it hasn't shown up on the list, so here >goes: > >Those of you who have swapped a passive 1400 screen for an active one, is the >difference that radical? > >Is the 1400c screen as sharp as a typical small desktop monitor? Neither the passive or active is bad.

Re: Woo hoo!!!!

>Ok, I ran some tests in MacBench 5. The results are on my >website: > >Any speed differences between the overclocked CS motherboard and the >standard CE motherboard are probably coincidental. As you can tell, >the specs are almost exactly

Re: Duo 280 screen on a 230/250 logic board

>OK, I just tried the 280 screen on a 230/250 LB (using the 250 cable of >course) and it also worked just dandy. Now to try a 2300 screen on a 280 >. . . yeah, I know it's not supposed to work, but since I've got 'em all >apart anyway . . . That is interesting. So a passive matrix screen should

Re: Woo hoo!!!!

> >Mad Dog: I took a look at the 190 logic board. The VRAM (and RAM as >well) are not the same on the 190 and 5300. However, the VRAM solder >points on the 5300cse are itty-bitty (not much bigger than those of >the 603e itself)... I could give it a try, but I'm not so confident >that my solderi

Re: 1400c RAM expansion

> >> Some early 1400/117 shipped with a 4MB apple card for 12MB base. >> >> Mine is one of these (1400cs/117). The problem with these systems is that >> there are some 8MB "Apple motherboard" RAM pulls floating around that came >> from more amply endowed 1400s, and while these are a cheap and

Re: Duo 250 screen on a 280 logic board

>It works. > > >Oh, you want details? : >) > >My screens have different part numbers (250 = 620-0319 revA, 280 = >620-0499), and different cables of course (each cable has 2 PNs - 250 = >821-0017A & 632-0010A, 280 = 821-0045B & 632-0043A). Everything else >inside the lid is identical as far as I

Re: Woo hoo!!!

> >> However, if you are looking for the best speed boost, I'd still go >for >>> changing your bus speed to 36 or 38MHz - a faster bus means a faster >>> CPU _AND_ faster memory throughput - a big bottleneck on this >machine. > >> You might be able to get away with a 40 MHz bus and a 2.5 multi

Re: 3400 overclock?

>Try here: >and here: > >This isn't the same thing as what I have done to the 5300cs (if that's >where you got the idea... ;-) This modification is a lot easier to do >and will probably work more relia

Re: Woo hoo!!!! (Was Re: 5300 bus speed...)

>Success! > >Well, partial success at least. I got a little bored this afternoon >and decided to play around w/ my CS motherboard... I pulled out my >trusty 15W soldering iron, some tweezers, and a toothpick and >succeeded in upclocking my 100MHz 603e based 5300cs to 116.7MHz !!! > >It's no

Re: Powerbook Duo 2300c Modem Question

>Hey All, I joined the group last week when I got a PowerBook Duo 2300c with >both Duo Docks & the full compliment of RAM (56MB) for only $20.00. Good Deal >Huh, anyway I finally have a question important enough to bother you all with. > >What is the factory installed modem in the PowerBook Duo 23

Re: Images posted! Re: 5300 bus speed...

>*sigh*... Stupid things happen when you get tired... > >>Go take a look! > >That's > >Drew Good job with the pics. So when are you going to try it out ? If you could find the PLL settin

Re: 5300 bus speed...

>Oh I'm getting close! ;-) > >The link to the Mot documentation from your page, Mad Dog, doesn't >work - it just sends me back to e-www.motorola.com's homepage... >Besides, I think that documentation is for the 603r (is that >right?)... Anyway, I found this >:

Re: 5300 bus speed...

>Thinking about it a little while, I think these 8 resistors are the >ones that I need to be concerned with... > >Resistors:R43|R46|R47|R48|R50|R127|R128|R129 >100MHz (3.0x) X | | X | X | ||| X >117MHz (3.5x)| X | X | | | X || X I am looking for al l those resistor

Re: 5300 bus speed...

>OK, Drew, you've got 117mhz CE and 100mhz C/S logic boards side-by-side . >. . What differences do you see between the two? And don't say none, that >you haven't got the CE board out because .blah, blah blah . . . : >) >No good HW hacker is allowed any excuses! I have a dead 5300 mobo of some

Re: 5300 bus speed...

>Brian, >Yeah, that would probably be Mad Dog's site, eh? > >Thanks for the tip; I looked around a bit, but besides general info, >there wasn't too much I think I can apply (the 5300 and 1400 are very >different beasts), though ther

Re: 5300 bus speed...

>not that is affects your 5300, but there's a link in the archives >from about a month? ago, to a site that has pictures etc of the 1400 >and where/what a guy used to chip it up a little bit. > >the page itself had info on how to repair the CD drives by adjusting >the focus of the laser beam, and

Re: 5300 bus speed...

>Mad Dog, > >Thanks for the help, but that number wasn't listed in my hard print >catalog, nor in the searchable catalog on the Digi-Key website... Search for this term: SE2849CT-ND >If it helps at all, the part is about 10x5mm with the solder pads >forming a square 5mm on a side. > >The closes

Re: 5300 bus speed...

>Yes, you were right. > >I'd spied the part before, but I guess I just forgot what I was >looking at. The number on the board is C55. A capacitor, I guess. >The oscillator is indeed a 4 pin SMT part immediately beside position >C55 at position G1. The part itself is labeled ECE5350A. It is a

Re: 5300 bus speed...

>Ok, last 5300 question for a while, I promise! :-) > >Anyone know if that "tin can" marked "33" on the 5300 logic board is >the oscillator that sets the bus speed? Is it even oscillator based >or is it determined by a resistor matrix? Comparing the 5300ce and cs >mobos, there's no immediately

Re: Powerbook 1400 cs to 1400c

>Can I plug in a 1400c screen into a 1400cs powerbook? Or do I need a 1400c >motherboard? >Thanks, >Vince > THe screens can be swapped without changing anything else. Mad DOg -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | En

Re: Powerbook 190

>Hello all! > >As I am new to the list I don't know if you already talked about this, but >as I heard this problem occurs quite often. I got a Powerbook 190 that is >in good shape. >Only there is a problem with the powersupply. If I move the Powerbook and >the plug moves, the Powerbook gets of. >I

Re: 190 cs

>-- Hi > >Ok i need help from the group of you that strip boards and solder like (mad >dog) if he is listening. > >My problem is the power connector on my 190 the psu is totally shot and i >need to replace it but the cost in the UK is silly so i have an old 150 mb >that is shot (nice big crack) ca

Re: 1400 CD drive- mechanisms?

>I havein hand a dead CDROM drive for a 1400; I've read here and there that >people have successfully replaced the mechanism with a non-Apple drive >mechanism, thus making their own 24x or whatever internal CD. This would >be a good solution for me at this time, since now that I've been looking >

Re: japanese 1400 site???

>Aaahhh, I'm so close to getting my ^&%&^%* Matshita UJDA-330 CD-RW >burning CDs in my 1400 I can't stand it. Anyone have any idea what the >heck all the below means? This PB nut is using a UJDA-320 but I have to >imagine they're close-enogh-to-identical I should be able to make it >work. Gr

Re: japanese 1400 site???

>hi all i had a japanese site bookmarked but lost it somehow any 1 know >the address it had explanations on how to take the ram to 80 mb and other >interesting hacks 4 the 1400 > >thnx >j. http://clab.vis.ne.jp/CLab/PB1400/ and http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/ro/alpha7/pb1400.html Mad Dog --

Re: PB1400 <-> GW Solo 2100

>Hi Mad dog > >First do you pull everything to bits. > >There are a lot of similarities i acer notebooks of the extensa 355 >range also. > >The screen is the same just different mounting holes(same connectors on >screen and motherboard), the pcmcia cage is also the same and the track >pad. i also

PB1400 <-> GW Solo 2100

I thought this was kind of interesting. I was looking over a Gateway Solo 2100 portable computer that friend had. Because he had several and he is also a mad scientist, he let me take it apart. While doing so I noticed some really incredible similarities to the apple PB1400. The batterie

Re: Good source for PRAM batteries

>Can anyone recommend an inexpensive source for good quality duo PRAM >batteries. I need two for gift 280C's and am hoping not to spend much on >them. > >Thanks for your time. > >Chuck Donny Monk sells new PRAM batts. He is on this list and the Duo/2400 list. Mad DOg -- PowerBooks is sponsore

Re: different 1400 ram?

>-REPLY- >well,well this is true i have a pb 1400 and so does a friend of mine he had >a 8mb module he bought for $2 dollars and it didnt work in his book so he >brought it over to me and we dropped it in mine and bingo it worked fine >why is this i dont know anybody o

Re: different 1400 ram?

>Dear listers. > >Someone tells me that some ram for 1400s won't work in all models >(117, 133, 166). I doubt this. Can anyone comment? > >Christopher >Denmark For what its worth, I never heard that. Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: PB 1400 "Restoration"

>My Reply follows quote. On 07/06/2002 15:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom & Lisa P) > >>>This message written: Friday, 7 June 2002 13:13:44 PDT >>> >>>Obtained a 1400cs133 the other day. It has a couple of co

Re: PB 1400 "Restoration"

>This message written: Friday, 7 June 2002 13:13:44 PDT > >Obtained a 1400cs133 the other day. It has a couple of cosmetic flaws, >but seems to be otherwise a good machine. > >It is missing one of the rubber "corner feet" (the right one), and has a >couple of "stress cracks" in the top near the hi

Re: 540c processor upgrade

> >The processor card is a NewerTech. These were made in 116.67 MHz (3.5 X clock >multiplier), 133.33 MHz (4 X clock multiplier) and 166.67 MHz (5 X clock >multiplier) models, and I would guess that these could also have been made in >100.00 MHz (3 X clock multiplier) and 150.00 MHz (4.5 X clock m

Re: Keyboard Duo 2300c

>-- To the two who offered help with the keyboard repair on a 2300c, thanks. > > However, I need to go back a bit and ask: how do I open it up? Is there >a manual available for this, or what? I love the detail in the pictures >at > >http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gionpeters//Duo/Duo.html > >bu

Re: Duo 2300c - keyboard kaput?

>Friends, I have a Powerbook duo 2300c, and recently the keyboard appears >to have packed up... partially, at least. > >Every second key on the querty line appears to unresponsive... or bust, maybe. > >A. Can I fix it myself? >B. Can I replace it? > >If A then how. If B then where? You might be a

Re: pb1400 -- what resolution

>At 1:42 PM +0200 4/15/02, David Slättne wrote: >> >>Which ones is best and which do I better stay away from? > > Forget about any passive matrix display, IMHO. >Paul Actually, the passive matrix unit isnt too bad, IMHO. One of the better passive screns apple put out I think. It depends on

Re: 1400 RAM irritation

> > > > >I also have a similar problem with a PB1400/177 (now a 133 using a >'hacked'166 processor). >I have 2x 24Mb cards and if I have the 8Mb module in it I get memory >errors (the 8Mb IS ok as it works in any other combination) but the PB >is fine with the 4Mb, in my case I think that the pro

Re: 1400 RAM irritation

> > > Im not sure if is the apple card or one of the other cards. I also >> > dont know if it matters if its the older version of the 1400 or the >> > newer one. Sometimes having 3 modules is trouble. Try adding the 4 >> > meg apple card back in and see if you can get to 60 megs. > >> This,

Re: 1400 RAM irritation

> > > > The Apple removable module is actually only 8 megs, with the other 8 >> > > megs soldered on the motherboard. I have a theory that if you take >> > > off the apple 8 meg card, everything else will work. Sometimes >> > > having 3 RAM modules makes for a finnicky PB1400. > >> > And yo

Re: 1400 RAM irritation

> > The Apple removable module is actually only 8 megs, with the other 8 >> megs soldered on the motherboard. I have a theory that if you take >> off the apple 8 meg card, everything else will work. Sometimes >> having 3 RAM modules makes for a finnicky PB1400. > >And you were right, along w

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> >Thanks again, MD, I suspected the FPU would almost even it all up. I figure >the 280's lack of sound was probably due to the loose cable that's been >described before, but I wasn't confident enough to crack the case. Now that >I've got a fully functioning 270C (which also seems to have a good P

Re: Can you put a CDRW in a 1400

>Can you transplant a CDRW drive into the CD for the PB1400? >Thanks >Tom In theory, yes. I cant think of a reason why a CDRW with the proper backplane connector would not work. I cant prove it, but for example, I am using a Teac 24x CD ROM in place of the 12x CD ROM that I had. Mad Dog --

Re: 1400 RAM irritation

> > >This is a 1400cs/117, upgraded to a 1400c screen, with a Sonnet G3/333 + >> >512MB cache, 48MB RAM (at the moment :-/), Best Data 56K modem card, and >> >8-bit Apple video expansion card, running 8.1. >> >> What happens if you remove the apple 8 meg module? > >There's no Apple 8MB module

Re: 1400 RAM irritation

>Elation turned to screaming this afternoon after my 1400's new 32MB RAM module >arrived. Previously, the unit had a 16MB "base" module (upgraded from the >original 12MB module), plus another 16MB stackable module, and all of this >worked. > >To test the 32MB module, I pulled the 16MB stackable mo

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> > >From: Tom & Lisa P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) >>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) >>>Subject: Re: >>>Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:29:39 -0500 >>> >>> >Than

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> >From: Tom & Lisa P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) >>Subject: Re: >>Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:29:39 -0500 >> >> >Thanks, Charlie, that's very hel

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