on 15/04/05 04:37, kaldav at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I have just received a Pismo 400 mhz, 256 mb, running system 9.22 and > I have a few queries. > > 1. When the battery indicator is pushed, one (of the four) battery > indicator light flashes. Does this mean the battery is dead? The > control strip shows the battery as charging, but it still keeps > flashing. > 2. When turned on, the screen immediately dims, which I think is normal. > Then during the startup process the screen goes to a blank gray > screen four times, twice while loading 'Welcome to OS 9.22', which I > have not seem on another Pismo. Is this a sign of a cable or logic > board problem?
The battery is probably dead. I have no idea what the screen problem is. Have you tried booting from a system CD, just to see if it does the same thing? -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooks's Law prov.: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later" -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting development work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and author of "The Mythical Man-Month" (Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN 0-201-00650-2), an excellent early book on software engineering. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
