On 3/25/03 Paul Nelson wrote: >At 8:24 AM -0500 3/25/03, John Ryan wrote: >>As I guessed. When I hold the arrow key down, all I hear is a clicking. Any >>ideas what this may be. The power adapter works. It will power up a battery >>charger for the 140/170 that I have. It is the Macintosh PowerBook 45W Power >>adapter. >>Any and all info is greatly appreciated. > > This sounds impossible, as the M3037 adapter for the 5300 could not >possibly fit with a 100 series charger. As far as the clicking sound, >maybe a faulty hard drive? Try Disk Tools booting.
[My guess is . . . ] His external charger, an aftermarket item sold under a variety of names, uses a 1A 12V AC adapter with a much smaller plug than used by a 1XX 'Book. Roughly the size of a PB190/5300 plug in fact. Maybe I missed other's mention, but surely the first thing to do is reset the power manager. Plug in the AC adapter, remove the main battery and then press and hold the reset button on the back for as long as needed. Usually under 10 seconds, but sometimes that's not long enough. I've on occasion had to redo it for as long as a minute or so. hth, Dan K -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
