>
> I think every 5300 was a problem child.... that's why Apple offered
> to take every stinkin' one of 'em in as trade towards a G3
> Powerbook. In fact, I think they just reinstated the offer....you get
> around $500 credit towards a new Powerbook.
This is actually a fantastic deal. We got one and discovered our 5300c had
just croaked after we agreed to it (and went to wipe the disk on the 5300c).
The G3 firewire powerbook is a sweet machine.
> Every one I've had come across my bench (I do pc repair in my
> "spare time" at a friend's surplus shop...this is after I play network
> admin during the day and before I play network admin/sound
> designer at home....I may need to get more of a life....) has had a
> problem or two. Most are completely dead, or the lid hinges are
> split, or both. Most common problem is a design flaw on the
> motherboard where the power connector is soldered on. Usually
> breaks loose from the system board, or actually breaks the corner
> off the system board.
>
> Apple got tired of wasting money on service techs to fix recurring
> broken machines, so they made the offer to get them in from the
> field. Didn't matter if it worked or not. They just wanted to make
> them go away. Made the same offer on PB190's....
>
> Paul
>
> > Ah, but of course, I have the 5300ce, so I guess I have inherited a
> > problem child? :)
> >
> > I did find some info on it - it seems to be a 'between' model - it's
> > the first PPC notebook, but doesn't have open ROM's. That means I
> > can't run NetBSD on it (requires the open firmware on PPC).
> >
> > Right now, I don't even know how to power the thing on! I need to find
> > the power requirements, and hope that I can hack together an AC
> > adapter for it...
> >
> > >
> > > I believe that the 5300cs was the problem child -- if yours is a
> > > 5300c or
> > just 5300, you might be fine.
> > >
> >
> >
>
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> Paul Braun WD9GCO
> Cygnus Productions
> nerdware_nospam_at_laidbak.com
>
> "A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without a bunch of bricks tied to its head."
>
--
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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