On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:36:55 -0700, Mauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try to performing a HT (Hardware Test) with th CDs you got the machine > with. If you have one, just boot from it and run hardware test.
I have a WallStreet/PDQ PowerBook a few months older than this one and I don't think it came with a hardware test disk. (the OldWorlds didn't). I also didn't realize you could do yaboot on these -- on mine I boot OS9 then BootX into linux. I think Quik is the only non-MacOS boot option on mine. anyway, back to the dead Mac -- try a full reset. Look next to the ADB port for a reminder. Older PowerBooks had a reset button, mine has a special key sequence -- Ctrl+Shift+Fn+power and your mac will make a very unusual sound. Maybe your internal PRAM battery died (not the removable one). This is just a guess. I think my battery is almost dead and it still boots OK but it loses everything when I unplug it for more than a few minutes. Since you're using yaboot you must have done something to reset Open Firmware, so I think the hard reset will clear all that and at best you'll have to reconfigure OF.
