Hmm apples to apples(no pun intended), that means you got a four or five year old PC laptop, back then? Let's see, I guess that means you're running DOS or Win95 and all that really good MS software from the mid-90s? Personally that's why I like my 2400, it doesn't take up so much room in my bed when we are being intimate..... ;-) Fred, post the details of the fuse install, or weblink to the archived messages, preferably with pictures. I'd like to include the info on mac2400. >Fred Toronto. I have a stock machine and got a Glod. But I had a frayed >power cord that I believe it caused a surge. I have written a few time on >this list that my Glod was fixed buy installing a micro fuse on the power >board in less than one hour and a $1 for the part. However, the sensitivity >of this machine makes me reluctant to use it for anything other than a >spare. I switched to a PC laptop two years ago and don't have half the >functional problems that I got on Apple systems and I have saved a lot of >money on software. Sad, but I just want to use the computer and not become >intimate with it. > >Fred Ralph Mawyer, Jr. San Antonio, Texas Associate Editor mac2400 ... http://www.sineware.com/mac2400 Your PowerBook 2400 Reference Site "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, 1759.