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Sorry this took a day! Hope this helps you out.  Panned out over board Tried to get as much of the SMDs on the left, just before being covered by the floppy/HDD assembly. If you'll need pics of the SMDs beneath the floppy, too, I'll be working on the system later this evening.

Haha, thanks! On the one hand, yours didn’t come with any issues to address out of the box.  :)  But I’m happy to be back in the 2400 club.

I’d be more than happy to when I get back later this evening, currently out of town for Easter Sunday. I’ll see if I can read the values of the components you listed. Unless someone beats me to it, of course.  In the meantime, here is a pic I took yesterday, and I tried zooming at just the area...

The videos are mesmerizing, I love it starting up. 

The power plugin on the PB 500 could be a problem, but if you leave your computer plugged in all the time, it shouldn’t be subject to as much wear from removing and connecting it to power. Still worth checking. 

A lot of the stuff I import from Japan come wrapped in that cling wrap "Saran Wrap" material a lot of the time. I still haven't figured it out.. :p  Still, box is a pretty big deal. 

Thank you, sir. Got it for a little more than 100 USD after proxy commission, etc. Plus shipping... forgot how much that cost (EMS, expedited). Original listing here:  https://item.mercari.com/jp/m73297137440/ Also just ordered a Powerlogix BlueChip G4 upgrade for Mainstreet/WallStreet...

Japanese Quadra 700 arrived earlier this week, did not expect it to come in original box. Wish my proxy had double-boxed, but it seems to have survived the long trip.  In the original Mercari ad, the seller showed that an error "bomb" message would display on boot. Do I spy an...

Nice score on the Sonnet Crescendo, I'm all for boxes and packaging! 

Strange, I figured there would be expected complications with the 2400 and 3400 series with enabling Cardbus compatibility, but the Mighty Cat had it offered out of the box.   I was hoping to use a wireless Logitech USB mouse as my main pointing device for the system. :)  It is tedious to have...

I’ve scoured the interwebs for information on using USB Cardbus Cards with the 2400c, and it seems that the consensus, from everything I’ve read so far, is that the card should not be installed in the slots before booting up. After boot is fine though, but it would not get passed boot while a...

So I kinda built a CNC machine ..out of a harbor freight mill using a Fusion kit. It's in pieces right now, since I moved, but I was thinking about fabricating some PowderBook parts out of aluminum someday when I hone my skillz. It might be a while though, but maybe someone else here with...

Beautiful work! Nice those black marks cleaned up on the top of that SE, too. Good score on the units, you worked very quickly on restoring the first one

Good idea on the blacklight. I’ve always felt something was not right leaving plastics out under the sun. I like that this is a more controlled method 

Very cool, nice acquisitions! The black one is just like mine, I didn't know anything about these keyboards until you mentioned. The original boxes are a bonus, too!  I used to have a copy of the book, PowerBook 2400c: A Perfect Guide, but included it with a 2400c I sold last year. I regret it...

I hate to resurrect an old thread....but I had the same problem previously with one 2400c I had imported. As it turned out, a surface mounted fuse on the logic board was the issue. I tested the fuse for continuity, and, after confirming no life, bypassed it to end up with a booting unit. Bought...

Sure thing! Good luck! Great little machine 

They have been expensive for a while, but recently, some of the prices on eBay have ended under 100 USD. This one ended at 48.90 plus 14.35 USD shipping Back to the 2400c/240 restoration progress. :)  I took apart the parts unit LCD housing first to practice disassembly of the screen portion...

Thank you, @Byrd ! I think the work put into the repair kind of personalizes the unit, kinda like a mark of pride. As long as I can fix it (I’ve run into Macs I could not repair, and I lose a lot of motivation from it. Like I rethink if i should even collect this model at all. It’s very...

Hehe, thank ya! They pop up every now and then. There were a couple of complete in box 2400c/240 sets that showed up earlier on Yahoo! that I passed up. Keep the good hunt!  ;)    I'm actually very curious about this book now. I originally wanted to remove the skins as I don't like using...