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    Trying to fix a Backlit Portable

    Ah, you tried an external drive. Perfect. Yeah, then INDISK is rather unlikely, since for an external drive it isn't multiplexed, but ENBL2 goes (basically) directly to the external floppy port. If that also doesn't work, then there is something else going on. Thinking about it "INDISK" likely...
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    Trying to fix a Backlit Portable

    So, during boot it just sits there with a flashing disk icon if your BlueSCSI isn't plugged in? Have you already tried plugging the floppy drive into both connectors? Maybe there is something going on with INDISK signal and the portable just doesn't realise that there is a disk at all.
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    Trying to fix a Backlit Portable

    Oh, yeah, perfect. That's the other main option replace the PMGR. I'm glad that you could get ahold of a working chip, although it's kind of sad for the PB100 of course, but then a mini portable - in a manner of speaking - saved a big one :D After resoldering the PMGR, how did the portable...
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    Trying to fix a Backlit Portable

    Are you still getting PMGR specific error codes? It might be worth cleaning the area around the PMGR chip again - if possible even resorting to cleaning it and then baking it for a while. (As a "in between"-measure, you can also try (gently and carefully!) heating up the area around the PMGR...
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    Portable 5120 (non-backlit) always goes to sleep

    I know that this post is a bit old by now, but if you're still interested, then you could check the A/D line on the hybrid again. If the A/D line is pulled low to GND, the portable doesn't output the "System going to sleep" message anymore. What should happen is that the power manager should...
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