DOA 2400c

[Parkblue]

I had the same symptoms, and it was the logicboard. DT&T to the rescue,
about $180. But... that's approx. the price for a functioning 2400 on ebay
if I remember correctly.

Best of luck !
-tobias.

on 08.01.04 14:17, Duo/2400 List at DuoList at lists.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 20:37:05 -0800 (PST)
> From: CJPV <c_j_p_v at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Duo2400] DOA 2400c
> 
> Greetings to all!
> 
> Received a DOA 2400c yesterday, and was able to slightly resuscitate it. So
> far, it will boot up
> to the gray screen, no chime,no happy/sad face, HD does spin on, does
> recognize three finger
> salute.
> 
> So far, I have pulled the battery, then tried resetting the PRAM, NVRAM,
> screen, Power
> Manager(holding down 1 minute)  to no avail. Tried booting from external
> floppy, then SCSI CDROM
> drive.Neither unit were accessed at all, even with the "boot external" key
> combo.
> 
> Then I went and powered down, left unit plugged into wall socket with battery
> out overnight. Same
> symptoms in the morning. Inserted battery, tried all of the above with battery
> power alone. Same
> results. 
> 
> Unit will power up with either battery or AC, but refuses to go beyond that
> screen. Even tried the "get of of GLOD" trick!
> 
> Through a bit of research, I think that either a) PRAM battery is toast ( i
> have a spare) b)fuse
> is blown (don't have that) c) logic board is bad( 2400c = parts). Previous
> owner stated that it
> worked fine, he put it into closet for several months, took it out, and it
> would not boot.
> 
> Any tips or suggestions are more than welcome before I start to disassemble it
> to investigate further!