on 30/11/03 21:34, Tom Peterson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My daughter is calling from across the country with an iBook that this > morning would not boot with the end of life battery (we are awaiting a > new battery from MacMall). So over the phone we were able to get it to > boot without the battery. She goes to the store and comes back to a > Locked up screen. Rebooting, starts to boot, bong. then nothing. No > screen activity. Power supply light is green. She has removed the 256 > meg dimm and tried booting to it reseated, then without it. No change. > Cannot boot into single user mode, Cannot boot to open Firmware. She is > rapidly approaching finals. HELP!
Did she try resetting the power manager? Did she try booting with Command+Control+Power? -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] brute force adj.: Describes a primitive programming style, one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones. The term can also be used in reference to programming style: brute-force programs are written in a heavyhanded, tedious way, full of repetition and devoid of any elegance or useful abstraction (see also brute force and ignorance). -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
