my 140 does the same thing, and mine cannot run off of the battery because a
fuse is dead..... bad luck on my part, but without batt and wall power it
wont work, thou it will work batt only when i find a replacment fuse
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From: "David Pekarsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: Dead 140 - revived - partially


> > Afternoon All
> > Turns out by using 'Battery Amnesia' on my 160 on the best battery of
> > the three I have I got one up to about 5 minutes use.   Lo and behold
> > the 140 will boot from that battery!
> >
> > So - I have proven to my satisfaction that a 140 will not boot without
> > a battery or with a very bad one.
> > Does anyone know how to 'bypass' the battery so it will boot without a
> > battery like the 160 will?
> >
> > Brian
>
> I would just say take out the battery and just use the power adapter
> but I am sure there is something preventing this...  If it will not
> boot without both power sources you might try resetting your power
> management settings, take out both power sources so that and let is sit
> for 5-10 minutes.  Then push both of the little black buttons near the
> power button on the rear of the machine in for 10 seconds or so.  Then
> try to boot it and you will probably have to hit the button (power
> button) a few times and then it should boot.  You may have to repeat
> this a couple times.  Also is your ac adapter a known good one?  I
> would assume so after since you needed something to boot up for battery
> amnesia but I am just checking?
> Dave
>
>
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