Dead Lombard G3 Powerbook...
I've got a Powerbook that will not stay up after a boot from a CD with the Hard Drive removed. Actually, it only will boot once when cold and then it locks up.
I've been over on the 10.3 forum getting advice and now that we're convinced that it's totally a hardware issue, I thought I'd try over here. I don't know how to paste a link here, but the Topic was:
"Security updates killing a Lombard..." This topic was because my problems started when I did an Apple update.
Still, I'm curious about a few things about the hardware. There are some screws that are off to the left of the memory, are they soldered in? This is just in front of the PCMCIA slot. I may be tearing this thing apart as an educational experience. This thing has served us well.. Right now I get a mix of black screens or just frozen up when I try to boot after it has warmed up. If I boot from the hard drive I get a grey circle/slash because I think my last install didn't really work. I did a clean install and I thought it finished when it booted at the end the screen stayed black.
I've been over on the 10.3 forum getting advice and now that we're convinced that it's totally a hardware issue, I thought I'd try over here. I don't know how to paste a link here, but the Topic was:
"Security updates killing a Lombard..." This topic was because my problems started when I did an Apple update.
Still, I'm curious about a few things about the hardware. There are some screws that are off to the left of the memory, are they soldered in? This is just in front of the PCMCIA slot. I may be tearing this thing apart as an educational experience. This thing has served us well.. Right now I get a mix of black screens or just frozen up when I try to boot after it has warmed up. If I boot from the hard drive I get a grey circle/slash because I think my last install didn't really work. I did a clean install and I thought it finished when it booted at the end the screen stayed black.
Lombard, Mac OS X (10.3.x)