The National Enquirer reports at 5:28 PM -0800 11/24/04, Clark Martin wrote:
>At 4:18 PM -0700 11/24/04, Bob wrote: > >The National Enquirer reports at 4:30 PM -0800 11/23/04, Tom Peterson wrote: > > > >>With all due sympathy, My wallstreet does not like to wake from sleep. > >>It does however reboot to OS9 when this happens. I have replaced the > >>hard drive on my poor beast and that has caused me to recommend the > >>following voodoo trick. Take a metal object ( I have used pocket > >>knives, watches, tiny magnets <be verwwy cawwfull here> and pass it > >>along the right hand side of the wallstreet while holding down the > >>power on/off button. The portion of the side adjacent to the keyboard > >>seems to be more significant than the portion of the right side of the > >>palm rest, mouse pad. Repeat a couple of times before abandoning. Good > >>luck. > > > >Tom, > >I think I can at least help you solve your problem. > > > >I'm willing to bet that you replaced your H.D. with a IBM/Hitachi > >drive. That's not the only brand that has caused sleep problems in > >the Wallstreet, but it's one of the most infamous. > > > >The problem is a magnet within the drive that lines up with and > >confuses the magnetic sleep sensor located on the Wallstreet in the > >area between the Delete and Return keys. Thus the wakeup problems > >with the PB. > > > >Once you understand the problem, the solution is fairly simple. In > >fact, there are 2 or 3 solutions. You have discovered one of them -- > >the kitchen magnet swipe. But that's a pain the butt IMPO. I prefer a > >more permanent solution. > >I have a Wallstreet with a 40Gb IBM/Hitachi drive installed and it >has the won't wake from sleep problem. I use a simple fix. I open >the lid and rotate the laptop about it's vertical axis while tapping >the shift key. Would that be clock-wise or counter clock-wise? >The magnet is just barely holding the lid sensor in >the closed state, changing the polarity of the Earth's magnetic field >is enough to clear the sensor. When do you sacrifice the live chicken? <bg> I guess I'm out of touch. After the one-time tape solution, I just press the shift key and it wakes right up. At least the OP has a number of options from which to choose. Oh BTW do you need to sacrifice a particular kind of chicken? :-) Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
