I hope you have one close by. -Eric
On Dec 26, 2010, at 4:11 PM, dan wrote: > No reset button on this 1, thanks anyway! It looks like a trip to the apple > store for sure! > > > On Dec 26, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > >> the pram may need to be reset. there should be a recessed reset button >> somewhere on the back of that machine. mind you, I am operating from the old >> powerbook instructions so it might not be correct. >> >> you might also see if there is anyone in your area with the same model and >> see if their charger works. if it does, then your charger is dead. if not, >> then its something inside your MBP that needs to be reset or replaced. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Dec 26, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Dan Roy wrote: >> >>> This isn't Vo related, however, it is definitely Apple! This might be a >>> bit off-topic fir this list. However, this type of thing has come up >>> before and people have been willing to help. I hope, in this case, someone >>> has an answer. >>> >>> Recently, there was a thread on battery maintenance, and, just like Apple >>> suggests, once a month, i leave the macbook pro on battery power until the >>> battery completely drains. Well, I have done this several times and no >>> issues. thursday night, I did the same as usual and left the macbook >>> running on battery power. I had it streaming something so it wouldn't go >>> to sleep. however, the only thing different this time was that I got busy >>> the next day and didn't come back to check it until yesterday morning. >>> Well, of course, as expected, it was totally dead. So, as usual, I plugged >>> in the charger and attempted to power up. The macbook wouldn't turn on at >>> all. It acted like it would if the battery was dead, but, the charger was >>> powered on now! Well, it was Christmas and I didn't have a great deal of >>> time to mess with it. So, I left the charger connected and went about my >>> Christmas activities. I came back to it last night, the same thing, >>> totally dead. I removed the charger and tried a different AC outlet with >>> the vary same results. >>> >>> i checked things out with my sighted spouse, she said no charger light, >>> nothing at all. So, I have no idea what could have happened. i know, the >>> charger could have suddenly gone bad or any number of other things as well. >>> Before I fight the madness at the apple store, I wanted to check to see if >>> anyone here has ever experienced something like this and, if so, what if >>> anything did you try to solve the problem. >>> >>> Again, the MBp was working just fine until I ran the battery all the way >>> down. I have done this several times before. The only thing different was >>> i left it on long after the battery had gone dead. This shouldn't make any >>> difference because, usually, the MBP just shuts down when the battery power >>> is to low. >>> >>> Any ideas at all would be appreciated, thanks! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
