Anyone familiar with the Mac Portable? [Archive]

5300cs

Sep 27, 2005, 01:32 AM

My Portable is DEAD. It worked when I first got it, but slowly, slowly started getting worse and worse. Like an old model T it used to take a few starts before it would run properly.

I pulled it out 2 days ago and it just refused to run. Upon trying to start it, it just went "pfft" very softly. Last night I tried again and I got the start up chime and it tried to start itself, but then it stopped, then started again, over and over again until I shut it off.

Does anyone know what might be wrong?

Chundles

Sep 27, 2005, 01:52 AM

My Portable is DEAD. It worked when I first got it, but slowly, slowly started getting worse and worse. Like an old model T it used to take a few starts before it would run properly.

I pulled it out 2 days ago and it just refused to run. Upon trying to start it, it just went "pfft" very softly. Last night I tried again and I got the start up chime and it tried to start itself, but then it stopped, then started again, over and over again until I shut it off.

Does anyone know what might be wrong?

Hate to sound snide but basically it's old and dead. Old age has killed your Mac Portable, there could be a myriad of things wrong with it but they're gonna be annoying to fix. Might be time to draw the curtains around the old dear.

Mechcozmo

Sep 27, 2005, 02:35 AM

I can only offer this:

Linkety (http://www.whoopis.com/computer_repair/) and some good luck.

MacDawg

Sep 27, 2005, 06:28 AM

Used to have one myself... wish I still had it, and my old SE too, and my Powerbook 160

Good luck!

Woof, Woof – Dawg http://homepage.mac.com/k.j.vinson/pawprint.gif

macEfan

Sep 27, 2005, 08:34 PM

from the "poof" sound, it sounds like a blown capacitor.

5300cs

Sep 28, 2005, 04:43 AM

It went like this (http://homepage.mac.com/time_pilot/iMovieTheater37.html) for a bit when I tried it again the other day. Now it's completely dead I think.

I'm just going to put it back into the closet until I figure out what to do with it.

Mechcozmo

Sep 28, 2005, 10:22 PM

It went like this (http://homepage.mac.com/time_pilot/iMovieTheater37.html) for a bit when I tried it again the other day. Now it's completely dead I think.

I'm just going to put it back into the closet until I figure out what to do with it.

How did you get such a crisp, clear QT 7 icon to show? Maybe it wants an upgrade? :p

But seriously, the link is busted. :(