In addition to my working Kanga, I’ve got a second complete machine that won’t boot. When I push the power key nothing happens, and when I push the reset button on the back there’s a click from the speakers and nothing else. Pushing the reset button a second time causes the sleep light to illuminate green and stay lit until the machine is unplugged or the reset button is pushed again. I’ve opened it up and pulled the PRAM battery out, and there doesn’t appear to be acid leakage into the main board. Everything else looks complete. I’m stumped. Anyone have any ideas on what to try next? This machine is actually in better physical shape than my working machine so I’d like to get it running if possible.
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Kanga not booting
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You could try to leave it plugged to the power block for a night . It "saved" one with the same trouble for me once.
I also had one making horrible noise at boot and failing, even changing the fews caps wouldn't fix it. Until I did a good wash of the main board (warm water and soap, leave to dry two days), then it came back to life…
3400c/Kangas are nice when they work, but sometime the way they fail are complete mystery (to me at least).
I also had one making horrible noise at boot and failing, even changing the fews caps wouldn't fix it. Until I did a good wash of the main board (warm water and soap, leave to dry two days), then it came back to life…
3400c/Kangas are nice when they work, but sometime the way they fail are complete mystery (to me at least).
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I’ve got it plugged in now and am leaving it to sit that way all day while I’m at work. Hopefully it will fire up when I get home. I opened it up again this morning and checked the RAM card seating and all of the internal connections I could find. Nothing visually wrong. I did notice that the PRAM battery had leaked (as had the one I pulled from my working Kanga) but there are no signs of acid having touched the board in either machine thankfully.
Its symptoms seem to be very similar to the so called “green light of death” that some 2400s experience. Does Kanga need a charged main battery to work?
Its symptoms seem to be very similar to the so called “green light of death” that some 2400s experience. Does Kanga need a charged main battery to work?
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Byrd
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Have you tried to reseat the CPU daughter card, and clean the RAM/CPU contacts with electronic solvent cleaning spray? Also trial booting without the third party RAM module installed. My experience with the 3400c is that most have sound issues (unknown cause of crackling), but when they do work they're one of the best PPC laptops to use.
The "GLOD" phenomenon that occurs in 2400c is related to one or more of the SMT fuses blowing; the 2400c and 3400c are very different beasts (the 2400c was designed by IBM not Apple if I recall right).
The "GLOD" phenomenon that occurs in 2400c is related to one or more of the SMT fuses blowing; the 2400c and 3400c are very different beasts (the 2400c was designed by IBM not Apple if I recall right).
PB145B
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Co-designed by IBM I believe. The arrow keys on the 2400c are the same size and arrangement that the ThinkPads of the time had! I always thought that was kinda neat.
The machine still is not responding after being plugged in all day and overnight. I opened it up again and there does appear to be some corrosion from an exploded PRAM battery which has long since been removed. I’m going to take a closer look at that today after work and try to post some pictures.
The good news though is that my working Kanga has no noticeable corrosion on its board. I pulled the PRAM battery from that unit as well to preclude an explosion. Strangely it has a slightly different internal layout than the non working unit. Were there multiple revisions of Kanga?
The good news though is that my working Kanga has no noticeable corrosion on its board. I pulled the PRAM battery from that unit as well to preclude an explosion. Strangely it has a slightly different internal layout than the non working unit. Were there multiple revisions of Kanga?
