On Nov 22, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Nov 21, 2009, at 8:03 PM, MikeMoyle wrote: > >> Does anyone have any ideas as to what's going on? Because I'm stumped! > > On the iBook 500 MHz the lid switch is magnetic, it's a tiny coin type > magnet on the top of one of the screw holes that's covered by the > keyboard. I don't think it's likely the problem because the magnet > would have to come loose and get out of its hole and be stuck to the > surface to cause the iBook to think the lid was closed all the time. > You can remove the keyboard by turning the small screw in the upper > center and then sliding the two left & right upper sliders back while > lifting the top edge up and out. The magnet is just left of the serial > # sticker.
Um, sorry, but that's not the sleep switch magnet. It's there to act as a means of keeping the top center of the keyboard from bouncing if a user doesn't use the locking tab in the top center (it has the Num Lock light built into it). The magnet that activates the sleep switch on that model iBook is located on the bottom side of the right palm rest in the upper right corner, just below the bottom right corner of the keyboard. Apple stuck it there with some contact cement, which all these years later doesn't have much sticky power left. It's a 2 x 5 x 11 mm rectangular magnet. Jim Scott -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
