I recetly gave my 5300 away to a friend. I told him to use it as a parts computer for a 3400. I got thinking about it today, that he might be able to fix it. I tried powering it up and it gave me the sad mac noise (no monitor). Any ideas, it worked recently (meaing the last time I booted it, it had no problems).
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if the computer does the whole sad mac sound, (not just the first part) then the ram is either bad or came undone. if it does the whole sad mac chime, the board could be toast. also, replace the internal clock battery. take the battery to a local battery patrol or radioshack and have them test it. As i recall, a lot of macs (including powerbooks) would not boot if the battery was dead.
The internal clock battery on these models is rechargeable. If you don't plug in the PowerBook for several months, it will discharge completely, and the PB will be difficult to boot. In my experience this does not lead to sad startup tones. Plugging in for several hours will often get everything working, and you should not have to replace the clock battery as you do with desktop Macs.
I gave it away as a parts computer to a person to whom I am in debt.
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