Powerbook 3400 question
mike boersma
up the ghost. I would like to pull the hard drive and transfer the
contents to my Imac (burn a CD or DVD image) and then appropriately
dispose of the computer. I believe the problem to be a dead power
management unit (it failed once under warranty and the symptoms are
the same now -- dead screen/ HD not spinning up/ not able to restart
from CD, etc. -- it does give the apple chime however).
How would I go about doing this for the least amount of $$$$
A) replace the power management unit with a new unit?
B) pull the internal HD and get a power supply and appropriate cables
C) something else
Thanks
Mike
Bruce in alaska
<376e6a6b-be6f-4b96...@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
mike boersma <mike.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
Granite has a nice little package that will allow you to connect ANY
ATA/IDE, and sATA Drive up to a USB2.0 Port, for less than $50US.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson
> Buy a case that can hold whatever type of disk drive is in the PB 3400.
> Remove the disk from the PB 3400, put it in the case, then plug it into
> your iMac.
It's a laptop (44 pin connector) IDE drive. You can either use a case
designed for an IDE laptop drive, or one designed for an IDE desktop
(3.5 inch) with a desktop (40 pin data, 4 pin power) to laptop
(44 pin combined data and power) adaptor.
Note that if you go the desktop case route, it provides 5 and 12 volt
power, while the laptop drive itself only uses 5 volts. The second set
of power wires will not be connected on purpose.
Just make sure you connect the connector to the back of the drive properly.
Geoff.
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