400 (or maybe 500) Mhz Titanium won't start.

I've adopted an old friend's Ti (of unknown configuration/OS) to see if I can get it to run. (He said he hasn't used it for over a year...but the last time he did use it, it started without a problem.)
I've read all (most) of the discussions about non-starts.
Questions:
1. Can I safely use my 65W 1 GHz Titanium power adapter to start the dead Ti?
2. Can I safely use my 1 GHz Titanium main battery in the dead Ti?
3. Does the 400/500 MHz Ti power adapter have a light on the plug that is supposed to go on (like the newer Ti's)?
At this juncture...I don't know whether the problem is A) the Power Adapter; B) the main battery, and/or; C. the PRAM battery.
(I'm trying the AC Power adapter for 48 hours with the main battery removed solution.)
Last, but unrelated, question: Will the 133 MHz DRAM work in the older (100 MHZ DRAM) Ti? I have 500 MBytes of newer Ti memory sitting here unused (I upgraded the 1GHz Ti to 1 GByte of DRAM).
Thanks.....

Hi, John. Yes, you can use the 1GHz Tbook's battery and AC adapter safely with the slower Tibook — they'll work fine. And yes, the old AC adapter is supposed to have a ringlight on its plug. If the adapter works and the light comes on when you connect that adapter to a different Powerbook, the DC-In board in the old PB is faulty and needs to be replaced. If the light doesn't come on with another Powerbook either, the adapter may be faulty. Use the 65W adapter to charge the old Tibook's batteries, then test the older adapter with the machine it belongs to. It's possible that the 45W adapter's light won't come on when it's being used with a Powerbook that expects a 65W adapter — I'm not sure about that.
Assuming that isn't the problem, your internal backup battery is undoubtedly dead after so long. That alone would prevent the Tibook from starting, and recharging it may solve your problem. It won't take 48 hours to do so without any main battery in place; 4-6 hours should do the trick.
PC133 RAM that worked in the 1GHz Tibook should also work fine in the older one. It will operate at PC100 speed.

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