At 7:06 AM +1000 7/23/01, Edwin Lowe wrote:
>I've struck a bit of a problem with my PowerBook 150.
>When I turn it on the hard drive refuses to spin up.
>After 10 or 20 seconds the laptop beeps at me and I
>get the disk icon.
>
>Ine thing I did which may have contributed was putting
>the powerbook to sleep instead of shutting it down.
>(The battery is preaty dead, so it didn't start from
>sleep).
I'd reset the power manager, by removing battery and power adapter,
letting it sit for 10 minutes, and then poke in the two holes in the back.
You should hear a click. The HD is probably okay.
Paul
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