Re: PowerBook3400 boot problem

In article <090420082116448498%pakob@xxxxxxxxx>,
Paul Kobar <pakob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My trusty ol' PB3400 is finally starting to act up.
All of a suddden it failed to boot up completely.

When I hit the power button it 'clicks' and the HD spins up,
but I get no chime and the screen remains black.
I tried resetting the PRAM and PowerManager
a la instructions in the user's manual but no luck.

Could it be the PRAM battery or something else?
Anyone remember enough about this baby?

What happens if you just do a three-finger-reboot after it hangs?

I had a PM7500 that steadfastly refused to boot first time, but always
did the second. May have been a slow-to-announce-ready SCSI disk; I just
didn't care enough to dig in to it.

Isaac
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