on 21/09/03 20:33, Gregory Cortelyou at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The other day I posted about my Pismo battery which had all 4 charging > lights on nearly 24 hours a day, and was very hot all the time as well. This > behavior had started about 2 weeks ago. Last night I turned off the computer > and left it off and unplugged overnight. This morning I called Apple Care as > I still have about 4 months left. The guy told me that the battery is not > covered, but he thought the problem might be with the power supply and had > my press the reset button after which there was no boot with or without > power adapter attached. The 4 lights would still show if I pressed the > button on the battery at that time but now 8 hours later they do not. I am > taking it down to the Apple store here in NYC tomorrow to see if it will > start up with an alternate adapter. Anyone have any other insights into > this? I didn't pay attention in the past when these topics were discussed > because I had no problems then. I hardly ever transport the book, almost > never unplug and plug it in, so wear and tear on the port seems unlikely. > Help please.
Possibly the power management unit will have to be replaced. I just had mine replaced last week on my Pismo and also have about 3 months on AppleCare. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Evil Empire n.: [from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist Soviet Union] Formerly IBM,now Microsoft. Functionally, the company most hackers love to hate at any given time. Hackers like to see themselves as romantic rebels against the Evil Empire, and frequently adopt this role to the point of ascribing rather more power and malice to the Empire than it actually has. See also Borg and search for Evil Empire pages on the Web. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
