I received a PB190 with a 5300C screen, very nice machine in excellent quality.
It came with a NIB Lapis Ethernet/Video out combo card, specifically stamped "For PowerBook 5300"
When installed, the screen powers on (to the gray dithered screen, before Welcome To Macintosh, or the MacOS...
Just received my FREE Duo 250 from BMOW and he said last time he used it, it worked fine.
I grabbed a tested Duo charger off eBay, but I cannot for the life of me get it to turn on. Will it not function without a working battery? I am running it battery-less.
When I plug in the charger I get...
Can anyone help me diagnose this? I've also xposted it to applefritter.
In this linked photo you can see a rolling "interference" through the display.
This only occurs when the //c is on, but not while just the Monitor //c is on.
It does appear to be more shaky and will distort the text...
Is anyone else having trouble getting to the page? I just get redirected to the generic support page.
I also found this article http://support.apple.com/kb/TA48312?viewlocale=en_US which makes it seem as they are no longer offering any of those downloads from before?
I am trying any angle I can to figure out why this device is not working (I did have it working once upon a time!)
I have a Mac Plus and a Farallon Etherwave PB, I am currently running 6.0.8, but I've tried 7.0.1 to no avail.
WIth no PB Adapter extension, the device functions perfectly as a...