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Hi folks.
A month ago or so, my PowerBook G3 Series (not WallStreet, not Lombard, not Pismo, but rather the model that's actually called "Series") laptop was up and running with a Cisco Aironet PCMCIA card plugged into it; though not in use (I suspect a prob with the DHCP service on the access point). I yanked the card out to try using it in my Linux machine, but since the PowerBook was nearly closed I didn't see the "Hey I was using that, put it back!" message box, not until like 10/15 minutes later. By that point, the system was totally frozen up, and I ended up unplugging it from the wall and then ejecting the battery (later of course I would discover the "Reset" button). But I've done this cut-off-both-power-sources thing before to achieve a reset and gotten away with it. Not this time. The PowerBook has refused to power up ever since.
I tried posting about this at macfixitforums but received naught but a faceful of "all your posts make things more difficult than necessary" or some such vitriol.
It is a PowerBook G3 series with a 9GB hard drive, 192MB RAM, 233 Mhz processor, and OS9.2.2. No USB or FireWire ports.
Anyone know where the problem might lie, and is it salvageable?
A month ago or so, my PowerBook G3 Series (not WallStreet, not Lombard, not Pismo, but rather the model that's actually called "Series") laptop was up and running with a Cisco Aironet PCMCIA card plugged into it; though not in use (I suspect a prob with the DHCP service on the access point). I yanked the card out to try using it in my Linux machine, but since the PowerBook was nearly closed I didn't see the "Hey I was using that, put it back!" message box, not until like 10/15 minutes later. By that point, the system was totally frozen up, and I ended up unplugging it from the wall and then ejecting the battery (later of course I would discover the "Reset" button). But I've done this cut-off-both-power-sources thing before to achieve a reset and gotten away with it. Not this time. The PowerBook has refused to power up ever since.
I tried posting about this at macfixitforums but received naught but a faceful of "all your posts make things more difficult than necessary" or some such vitriol.
It is a PowerBook G3 series with a 9GB hard drive, 192MB RAM, 233 Mhz processor, and OS9.2.2. No USB or FireWire ports.
Anyone know where the problem might lie, and is it salvageable?
