PowerBook 3400c No Boot
I got this 'Book with the understanding that it has problems but I don't know the full history. This is my first venture with a laptop older than a G3 Lombard
What it does on startup: chime, take the right amount of time to run the memory check, and present a lighted blank display with just the cursor arrow in the upper left corner. The hard drive and/or CD drive with a CD in place both spin up. Just before or as the HDD starts to spin there are two (occasionally one) very faint beeps.
What it doesn't do: on the display no happy Mac, sad Mac, flashing question mark-on-a-folder. There's no sound of either the HDD or the CD being read.
The PRAM battery is dead and disconnected. There is a live main battery in place.
I've zapped the PRAM many, many times with no change. I've started up successfully into Open Firmware. The "reset-nvram" command brings the response "reset-nvram unknown word". I understand the command I used may not be the right one for a 60x-based machine but I have no clue what the proper command &/or procedure might be.
As a measure of my skill level with anything but the standard Apple GUI I've had OS X since Jaguar was a cub and never, ever have opened a Terminal session. The OF activity above is the furthest I've ever gone.
From this litany of woe can the 'Book's problem(s) be diagnosed and is there a solution to be had?
Thanks.
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