In reply to David, Forget about Apple unless you have
got money, time and patience to burn,. Best to DIY.
Apologies to all on list if this is turning into a bit
of a Hardware quiz session, but if anyone can help
with this problem it will help me a great deal and
perhaps edify some other troubled ppcers out there :
So, the riddle goes like this :
My Powerbook G3 Pismo/Firewire/Bronze keyboard model
which is dual boot Sarge and OSX does not switch on
anymore or does so only temporarily.
For some time I have been running it without a battery
as the battery only held a charge for 3-4 mins (since
I installed the debian side, before it was more like
20mins). It began to crash/switch itself off with no
warning so after reading around I put the battery back
just to help it boot. This helped for a few days -
however, now everytime I move the machine -home to
work etc it does not boot up again - usually I take it
part, pull the top slot memory, the hard drive, the
pram, replace it all, and sometimes in varying
combinations this works - it boots, everything is
dandy it runs tfor a few days - I try not to switch it
off - then when I do, it doesn't boot up again.
It has currently been off for two days and I've tried
al my usual tricks with no result! The closest I get
is a phut sound from the audio as I press the button,
but it does not revive...
What do I do? I love my pismo, I know its on its last
legs after six problem free years, but I want it
running again.
Anthony
--- David Smoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently had to send my powerbook back for
> warranty repair because OSX was
> failing to recognize the extra 512 megs of ram in
> the lower ram slot.
>
> Before I sent my system back, I had my 100 gig drive
> set up as dual boot
> with roughly an 80 - 20 split between OS X and
> Debian.
>
> I was irritated when I discovered I got back a wiped
> clean 80 gig partition
> for OS X.
>
> I was mad when I discovered my backup was corrupt
> and I lost 4 months of
> data.
>
> I am now furious to discover that they took my 100
> gig drive and replaced it
> with a 80 gig drive. That's right. Those idiots
> didn't just wipe my drive,
> they gave me the wrong freaking drive. They
> apparently made no effort to
> preserve my data on my system
>
> I'm so mad. I bought a Mac partially because of
> their reputation for
> quality. I am not at all impressed by their
> service.
>
> And of course I figure this out at 9pm on a Saturday
> night where I cannot do
> anything about it.
>
> David
>
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