on 04/09/03 20:43, Geoff Doctor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This shouldn't make a difference, but maybe for some strange reason it > is. Did you try the other battery bay? and did you hold down the PRAM > button for more than 60 seconds? > Geoff >
Indeed, I did try the battery in the other bay. Same result. I then tried the 'Command-Control-Power'. Same result. I then pressed the Reset button on the back to reset the PMU, waited 5 seconds, as suggested by the Apple tech note #14449, "PowerBook and iBook: Resetting Power Management Unit (PMU)". Same result. I'm starting to think that the PMU has gone south, for some reason. It is really surprising how those components may fail all of a sudden. BTW, after the PMU reset, are there any visual signs I could check to make sure it did reset? For instance, the tech note says that the date will be reset, but it is not on my Pismo running OS X 10.2.6. That's maybe because I set it to sync the date whenever it's off... I might turn that off and try the PMU reset again, to see if the date is reset. And if that doesn't work, I guess I don't have anything to loose in trying to hold the button for more than 60 seconds. I suspect that you mean the PMU reset when you say 'PRAM button'? Thanks! -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] code police n.: [by analogy with George Orwell's `thought police'] A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one's office and arrest one for violating programming style rules. May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
