Re: Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

[Clark Martin]

At 1:37 AM -0500 2/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Clark, I'm wondering what you meant by  'keep turning' the computer.....what
does that look like? Could you describe a bit more?
Lift up the laptop and rotate it around the vertical axis or tilting 
it up, both work.  My theory is that  it changes the alignment of the 
magnetic sensor with regard to the Earth's magnetic field changing it 
just enough to clear the sensor.



Thanks,
Jocelyn
That problem does indeed happen on the PowerBook.  One can shield the
drive with Mu metal to fix it.  This is a material that has a high
magnetic permeability which keeps the magnetic fields from the drive
confined.  I instead just keep turning the computer while tapping the
shift key till it wakes up (which it always does).
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