thanks for the advice, however it did not solve the problem. It is still dead. Absolutely nothing happens when I push the power button. Battery still indicates full charge. Any other advice? Thanks!
On Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:48:03 AM UTC-7, spilrules wrote: > > I was copying a very large backup file from an external USB HD device and > walked away from the computer. Upon returning a couple hours later, it was > not running and I tried to remember if I had shut it off or not, pretty > sure I had not. I pushed the start button and nothing happened, completely > dead. I noticed the power plug connected was not lit green as it usually > had been. Battery indicator showed a full charge. > > Prior to this, I started to notice that the power cord would not change > from the orange color to green when the powerbook was typically finished > charging, even though the desktop showed the battery to be charged at 100%. > > Prior to this, about 3 days earlier, I plugged a USB flash drive in to > copy a file to it, and the spinning beachball appeared and after waiting > for an eternity and not being able to get the computer to respond at all, I > pushed in the power button and held it for a few seconds until it shut > down. Upon restart, my dock which is set to appear and disappear would not > show up and I had to go to preferences and set it to always appear in order > to see it. While doing this I noticed that all of the drop down menus would > not highlight as you would scroll the mouse over them or pop open on tabs > unless clicked. Tired from a long day, I shut it down and the next day it > functioned fine as it used to. Unsure if any of this is related to it now > not responding to anything at all. The battery shows a full charge when > pushing the indicator button on it. > > The power cord is not damaged as I have 4 of them and they all work > properly and light up with my other functioning 12" powerbook, but not this > one, which is: > > Powerbook G4 1.67mhz, 15", 2 gb ram, running OSX 10.4.11 > > Any advice is greatly appreciated! > > > > > > > > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
