Ahhh another victim of the lousy Pismo power adapter. Apple should do something about that! Iit's not normal having to replace that power adapter every couple of years or so...
N on 11/7/02 12:41 AM, Bonnie Mellott at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
