Pismo Accident...Ugh...What Should I Expect?

[J English Smith]

Well, I seem to have had a triple-biorhythm low kind of day on Saturday - either that or I was just stupid! Managed to lose my glasses AND fry one of my Pismos, all within two hours...

I was installing a new RAM card and got working too fast doing the swaps...aaahhh, one of the batteries got left in...when I went to reboot, no go. VERY FORTUNATELY I had stripped all power from my others, so I only had one body at the end of the operation, not three.

I have shipped it off to the fellow that I bought my other two from...nice guy on the East coast...waiting to see what he tells me can be done. He thought it was probably going to take a new motherboard at least...

So, has anyone else done this stupid thing? And how much goes kablooey inside when this occurs?

Live and learn...and slow down...that's my new motto.

 

[Mars478]

Welcome to the club...

 

[J English Smith]

Thanks, Mars. (What a great club.) Any advice re how much gets borked? Motherboard and processor card only, or more than that?

 

[Mars478]

I haven't specifically killed a Pismo, I killed a Classic 2 and PB 150, by rushing, which you and I alike have done. I know nothing about Pismo's save for that they are nice powernbooks

 

[ppuskari]

I take it from the context here that the motherboard stays powered alive if a battery is left in a Pismo eh?

That sucks... been there too. I fried my only IIGS motherboard back in the day when live pulling and reseating a TransWarpGS... I could have sworn that power supply light was out! Thank goodness it was only the motherboard at 349.00 swap that died and not the 499.00 TWGS at the time.

 

[J English Smith]

Ye-ouch!

I'm hoping mine was 'just' the motherboard and the processor daughtercard...at current used prices, plus shipping to and from, the damage on mine might be as low as $80 or $90. But we'll just see... I'm hoping the LCD is ok, because it was a nice one, no pink at all.