[DuoList] Need Help: Duo 2300c and Batteries

[Clark Martin]

On 4/5/10 12:30 PM, Blake Hanes wrote:
> Hey all!
>
> I have recently come into posession of a Duo 230, 2300c, 2 Microdocks,
> Floppy Drive and a Duo Dock II. I'm having a problem with my 2300, This
> computer will run absolutely fine off a power cord and in the dock, but
> it will NOT run off the battery under any circumstance. The 230 boots
> and runs fine off of both batteries, but the 2300 refuses to do so. I've
> aligned and cleaned the contacts on the batteries and the actual
> computer to no avail. I've read somewhere about a fuse possibly being
> burnt out? Does anyone have any suggestions for this problem? I'm
> currently running System 7.6.1 on this computer!

It sounds like it's time to dig inside and trace out the flow of current 
from the battery.  If it's a fuse it ought to be pretty obvious where it 
is.  Otherwise it gets trickier finding the bad part.

Also, it may not be running from battery due to a blown fuse but what 
caused the fuse to blow may still be there, just waiting to blow the 
replacement fuse.

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Clark Martin
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Macintosh / Internet Consulting

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