>> My G3 Lombard has been having power issues lately. Starting a few >> weeks ago, it only charged the battery to 20%. My wife (who >> primarily uses this computer) is away at her Mom's house, and Just >> called me today to say that it won't turn on at all even with the >> power cord plugged in. Is it likely that I can fix this with a new >> cord, "charging Board", and PRAM battery, or do you think I need to >> spring for a new battery as well? > > Pull the main battery and see if it runs on external power. > > WRT repair, you're thinking in the right direction. Leave the main > battery decision until last. First tho, clean things. Crud in the > power socket can be nasty... > > HTH, > - Dan. Thanks Dan, When I called this morning , I had her reset the PRAM... It came on for a few min. then went black again, as if it were not recognizing the power cord at all. When she gets home next week I'll do a good cleaning.
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