This message written: Saturday, 12 October 2002 13:34:34 PDT Just "acquired" this machine from my daugter who used it (rather sorely, it seems) for the last 4 years. Lugged it everywhere and used it constantly. A few weeks ago she had it plugged in to recharge and went off for several hours. Upon returning she said it was "hot enough to fry eggs" and it wouldn't start.
She took it to the campus Apple Service folks who ran some test to the tune of $90 and said it looked like "something serious" that could cost big bucks. She opted for a new G4 PowerBook and handed the G3 to me to "play with." I hauled it home and left it on the charger for a couple of hours and hit the power button. Nothing. Reset the Power Manager a few times and finally got it to boot. Ran it for a few hours and put it to sleep. Wouldn't restart. Reset the Power Manager a few more times and got it to boot again. Shut it down for the night and it restarted OK this morning. Let it go to sleep on its own and only got a gray screen on an attempt to wake via shift key. Three fingered salute gave me a start up chime, then nothing. Reset the Power Manager MANY more times. Nothing but a faint "click" and a very short flash of the backlight each time. Trouble shooting chart in the service manual says to start replacing parts to fix. First on the "list" is the "power supply card" (part number: 66102039). My question: Does anyone have any "first-hand" experience with a similar problem? If so, Is this the "most likely" fix? Thanks in advance! Ken Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
