On May 26, 2009, at 6:40 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> if I wiggle the cord leading from the brick to the laptop, > it will recognise the charger for a while but I don't know how to > determine if it is the cord or the power supply coupling on the > Pismo, any insight is greatly appreciated The definitive test is 'try another charger', alas. You can try testing the charger with a multimeter, bear in mind that the outer round shield part is a shield, not a part of the circuit...the actual power plug resembles a headphone plug, with the tip and ring providing the + and - leads, respectively. It can be tricky getting the voltmeter leads in there... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
