d. 23/10/01 11:36 skrev John Pitt på [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > my 170 is giving me trouble, intermittently - like now! - refusing to boot up. > > It's happened three times so far over a period of a few months. The > first two times I think it might have had a bit of rough treatment > (i.e. been shaken). Both these times it miraculously self-corrected, > the first time after a week, the second after a day.. That made me > think it must have been a slightly dodgy connection somewhere, and I > suppose that's still on the list of possibilities. But which > connection? > > This time, I had just run Battery Amnesia down to a hard crash, and > it just won't come back. For a while I was getting a happy mac, then > it would just drop out from there. Now it doesn't even get that far. > I am getting the startup chime, and the hard drive spins up. Trying > to boot up on a floppy doesn't do any better.
It sounds like your power supply doesn't work, or maybe a bad power supply connector. Try to fiddle with the power cord. Magnus -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
