[Duo2400] Re: GLOD it seems on my 2400, and triumphs

[Larry]

There is a NuPower 240 on eBay, search for 2400 not 2400c. Its at $142. 
It runs hot, but these are the only upgrades I've seen so far.


On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 12:33 PM, Bon Davis wrote:

> Bikes have given me as much fun  as little mac laptops.
> I had a 77 sportster 1000, Harley till a year ago... now all i have is 
> a rusty rolling chassis of a Triumph. I better not get an orange 
> clamshell to go with the rust :-)
>
> I found the 2400 i/o board at PBparts ( I think) but it was $200 !!!
>
> maybe it is the fuse ..or something else...
>
> the green light come on the moment i put the battery back in after a 
> reset.
> Not starting up at all.
>
> I have a friend here who can do the board level work and i was jsut 
> talking about cardbus enabling the 2400 with him. He does design for 
> and upgrade chip manufacturer and he build robots.
> so if i could do the troubleshooting he could do the soldering..
>
> but i think that Dtt sounds like a better deal.
> I am just wishing i had a G3 for it.
>
>
> SO i am waiting.
> I could end up with another 2400 to combine... that seems a good 
> option too.
>
> funny who we have two GLOD threads going... hope it is not a trend.
>
> thanks everyone,.
>
>
>
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>
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>>  > I tried the two different PM resets from Sidney Ho's
>>>  page at Mac2400 site.
>>>
>>
>> If you tried all the reset steps and no luck it does
>> look like a power board problem.
>>
>>
>>>  no luck, no startup green light comes back and stays
>>>  steady.
>>>  ---
>>>
>>
>> ??????  light is on or is not on?
>> it does make a difference.  could be as easy as a
>> fuse, or worst case a dead board
>>
>> if you don't want to or don't have the ability to
>> repair yourself $150 is cheap way to go.
>>
>> The G3 is nice but if you are happy with the way it is
>> now, don't spend the money.
>>
>>
>>
>>>  This is a stock 2400 in very nice shape with 80 mb
>>>  ram and a 10gb
>>>  toshiba drive (from ti-book).
>>>  i don't have a g3 in it. but i do have a 2nd battery
>>>  and a nice
>>>  wireless card and a dockking staiton for it
>>>
>>>  DTT , Brian, says he is 99% sure it is the I/O
>>>  board. I assume this
>>>  is the same power I/O board others have had
>>>  replaced. He says $150
>>>  and i should be up and running.
>>>  If i had a G3 upgrade to install now would certainly
>>>  be the time to add one.
>>>
>>>  Anyone got any G3 upgrades , or any other fixes i
>>>  can attempt?
>>>
>>>  It seems to me that if i were to get another of
>>>  these $300 2400's
>>>  from ebay or this list that i would be getting the
>>>  same old powerI/O
>>>  board and not a new one.
>>>
>>>  ANy thoughts on the viability of this old 2400?
>>>  thanks...
>>>  Bon
>>
>>
>> =====
>> Brian Getz
>> Personal Email briang113 at yahoo .com
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