Thanks very much for your excellent advice, Benjamin. I am amazed. It was dead...and now it is working again after following your very clear instructions. Why did this happen? Is there anything I should do to ensure it doesn't happen again? At the top left of screen where there is an icon of battery, it has said 'calculating' for past 5 minutes. If I click on battery it says 0% but the MagSafe power adapter is now showing an orange light whereas before it wasn't showing anything.
2009/12/12 Benjamin Stanley <[email protected]> > Hi Virginia > > It sounds like you power unit is broken or the computer needs to have > its Power Management Unit reset. > > I assume your macbook is one with a fixed battery, i.e. one you cannot > remove yourself? If it is then try the following. Be sure to read the > instructions then give it a go, it is important to do the steps in the > right order and exactly as they are written here... > > 1. Shut down the computer. (unless it is already off of course!) > 2. Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it > to the Mac if its not already connected. > 3. On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Ctrl-Alt keys > and the power button at the same time. > 4. Release all the keys and the power button at the same time. > 5. Press the power button to turn on the computer. > > If your computer has a removable battery let us know as the procedure > is different. > > Cheers > Benjamin > > > > 2009/12/12 Virginia <[email protected]>: > > My beautiful new (4 month old PowerBook) has now died. No life in it at > > all. First signs of sickness : screen said not charging, then green > light > > went out, then computer died. To my inexperienced mind, this seems > > something to do with power/battery and needs expert repair. Am I right? > Is > > a genius bar best place to go? Or should I ring Apple Care as it is > under > > guarantee? My other question to smuggers is : how do I use MY BOOK > backups > > on my old G5 which fortunately is still functioning (just). Which bits > > should I drag over - what I need are documents, contacts, diary. > > Fortunately email is not a problem as I use gmail which is internet > > based. Advice would be much appreciated. > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > > > -- > Benjamin Stanley - Technical Director - Trilby Multimedia > 47-49 Loveday Street, Birmingham, B4 6NR > Telephone: 0121 333 6860 www.trilby.co.uk > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
