Well, I feel silly now. I just discovered that the cord coming out of the power brick is starting to break in half. I fumbled with it some and taped it together, which cured my problem. Thanks for the advice everyone, I'm going to pick up a replacement adapter tomorrow.
--- Joe Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect your problem is your battery, you said it > was fully discharged; > the Pismo will do strange things with a bad battery. > If it's fully > discharged and going to sleep you may also be > discharging the PRAM battery > to a point where it won't support sleep mode. > > Joe Ellis > > > > On 11/6/02 8:43 PM, "Bonnie Mellott" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One more update, now it's not even sleeping, it's > just > > off. Turning it back on seems hopeless now. If > it > > doesn't work by the morning, I guess I will have > it > > looked at by someone at a repair place. Nothing I > > find on the web is helping me find any kind of > > solution. > > > > --- George Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> On Wednesday, Nov 6, 2002, at 20:32 US/Eastern, > >> George Gunderson wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Wednesday, Nov 6, 2002, at 19:23 US/Eastern, > >> Bonnie Mellott wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Anyway, there's more. I figure it was about > 1:30 > >> when > >>>> I got it to turn on. I worked on it for a > couple > >>>> hours, left for a couple hours, and came back > and > >>>> worked some more. It's 7:30 now. A few > minutes > >> ago, > >>>> I was using the pismo and it just went to sleep > >> out of > >>>> the blue. It refuses to wake up, restart or > turn > >> off. > >>>> It is still plugged into the wall. By the > way, > >> my > >>>> battery is no good at all anymore. > >>>> > >>> I can add that my Pismo has died like that > >> overnight a couple of > >>> times, while there was still charge in the > >> battery. I woke up in the > >>> morning, tried to wake up my Pismo and it was > out > >> for the count. > >>> Pressing the power button did start it up > properly > >> and without > >>> argument. Startup did take a long time, hanging > >> on the startup screen > >>> with the little circle moving. Is that the hard > >> disk being > >>> checked/repaired from shutting down > spontaneously? > >>> > >> Oops...forgot to say that the drive is a 40gig... > >> > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
