,
>keyboard). Here are the symptoms that I've noticed. It won't power up with
>just the battery or the power cord. However, it will power up with the
>battery in place and the power cord connected. When I push the power button
>in the back of the computer it starts to to powes up but then it will
>often start to strobe on and off. Sometimes it will go all the way
>through the start up sequence and have a normal finder before trouble
>starts up. When it does seem to stay on for a short time the date and time
>appear normal. With the power cord connected the battery isn't charging up.
>I've hit the reset button when it was strobing and it didn't do anything.
>To stop the strobing I've had to disconnect the power cord. I've reset the
>power manager (pulled battery and power cord for 3-5 minutes, hit reset and
>other button for 10-15 seconds, plug back in) several times, with no
>success. I've put a lot of work getting that little powerbook on the web
>this summer and would dearly like to resurrect it. Haven't tried the
>incense or holy water just yet.
>
>Frank C. Modica
After having spent some time rejuvenating a PowerBook 100, my first thought
when I read this was that you have a combination of a near-dead battery and
a corroded or otherwise corrupted power-in contact. This would explain the
"strobe" effect - I experienced this with the PB 100, and maybe some more
erratic behaviour. Getting a less-dead (I beg your pardon if this is not
very correct in medical terms) battery in and cleaning the power-in
contacts with "Kontakt 60" - something we have here in Germany, WD 40 is
the closest thing to it beknownst to me - worked well for me. Should the
problem really have any relation with the top half swapping, you're in
serious trouble, and I'd recommend the incense, holy water and a candle in
a church of your choice, plus arresting the usual suspects (zapping the
PRAM and rebuilding the desktop, but be reassured, this won't help.)
Good luck, OM
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