on 13/04/04 04:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, a friend just got a lombard 333 and I've only been able to get it to > run once. Hitting the power button does nothing. If you press and > release the reset button in the rear then wait the required 5 sec and hit > power still nothing happens. But if you do the reset then pull the main > battery and re-insert it the book powers up but only for a second before > it shuts itself off. Some how I got it to boot up once and it did fine > but I've gotten the same response since I shut it down. > > The original thought was a bad battery, power supply, or power board. We > tried using my battery and power adapter and that didn't seem to help. > The time I did get it to boot, it gave me a bit of a shock when I picked > it up with my hand near the power adapter connection. That wasn't a good > sign, but it continued to run fine even after I pulled the cord. That made > me think there was at least a bad connection on the power board. I just > tore it all down and reseated the board and I still get the same response. > I'd think it was damaged when it shocked me but it ran fine. > > Please let me know if you have any ideas!! This 'book is for a PC-user > who decided he wanted to play with X. This is not giving him a very good > impression of Apple products (or buying supposedly working items off > Ebay).
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