Hi Chris, Thanks for your help.
The PowerBook was dead in the water this morning. It had been left overnight and when my wife went to check her mail, the screen filled with horizontal lines and then froze. Following your advice I reset the PMU and restarted. All appeared fine and I reset time and date (it had reset to 1970), and all seems to be working for the moment, except for Apple Mail. All my mailboxes are unavailable. The message is The server "mail.mac.com" cannot be contacted on port 993. Does anyone have any ideas how to resolve this situation. Martin Sent from my iPad On 27 Aug 2011, at 17:11, Chris Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin, > > Try resetting the PMU (Power Management Unit) - full instructions here: > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1431 > > Chris Webb . Partner > MacService > Woodside, Brightling Road > Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL > t: 01580 881212 > f: 01580 881313 > m: 07770 960632 > e: [email protected] > w: www.macservice.co.uk > > <Macservice.png> > > Get a free iPhone QR-Code Scanner here. > > > > > On 27 Aug 2011, at 12:33, Martin Douglas wrote: > >> Went to switch on my trusty PowerBook G4 and it is dead in the water. The >> battery is fully charged and it is also plugged in to the mains. My wife was >> using it last night and all was fine. >> >> But today nothing. On pressing the power button, there is a sound from the >> hard drive as if it is coming to life and then nothing. Not a sound or sign >> of life. >> >> I know it's nine years old and has been in use for just about every day in >> those nine years. Can anyone suggest a way of bringing it back to life? >> >> It cannot be worth a lot but it means a lot to me and I don't really want to >> shell out for a new lap top in those tough times. >> >> Martin >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. -- 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.
