On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Bruce Johnson < [email protected]> wrote:
> > On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Nesta Nesta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > They seem to be calling it "Rainbow Power cable" on step 19. On Step 16, > it's seen very clearly as such, because it's the only cable with multiple > colors visible. > > > > That's odd. this would indicate a flaky DC-in board, maybe. That 'rainbow > power cable' is the main power for the system, I think. if the buzz > continues when the speakers are disconnected, maybe something is shorting > out where it wraps around the speaker. I'd examine that cable closely. > > That was my next move, to get another DC inboard. But for now, I will wait and see, and monitor adds for the cable and a DC-inboard for this machine; so when things go haywire, I will simply replace both. > > > Bruce; hurray, battery says "10:00" remaining. Power cable is > disconnected. Many thanks! At times it's good not to have money because if > I had some in Paypal, I would have bought another battery a few months ago. > > > > Wow! I'm happy! It's like it's got a new life.I keep pulling it from > sleep, just to check, and each time I do, yes, yes, yes, it's alive and > kicking. > > > > > Glad to help! > > And a great help it was....many thanks again. Lesson learned; if you replace the motherboard on a laptop, reset the power manager. Along, perhaps, with other things that I haven't done and are not to my mind now. But so far it's working well. > > -- > 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 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/ > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Books" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Either reading this group or engaged in an experiment in thinking through the possibilities of world peace...Nesta. -- -- 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/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Books" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
