PowerBook 3400c CD-ROM module fail

mackero1981
Sat, 03 Dec 2022 17:52:12 +0000

Hi everybody!

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This is my first post here...

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I have a little collection of vintage macs, and one in my collection is a PowerBook 3400c, it has a CD-ROM module also a floppy one. I have this machine since 10 years as I bough it on ebay. It was working fine, but the other day, I turned it on for install some old programs and games and I discovered that the CD-ROM stopped working. The machine even refuses to boot when it is attached to the system.?

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I have cleaned the contacts, and I have disassembled the computer and the module and I can't see anything wrong (maybe a burned component or something...). The floppy module works fine.

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is there anyone with an idea of what could I do to fix this? If not, it doesn't have ethernet port, and using floppies nowadays is like a headache, do you have any idea of how to transfer files to this machine from a modern mac?

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Thank you all!

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