At 1:14 PM +1000 5/6/04, Dana Sibera wrote:
Right. this is so silly I have to share. Laughing helps.
I bought a powerbook 190 recently, in fantastic condition - very
well looked after, and looks like it's barely been used by the wear
on the keys. I fell for it hard!. Just the perfect little writing
machine.
I set it to sleep 2 days ago, left it sitting there and went to
start it up - nothing more than the blinking sleep light. I thought
perhaps the battery had flattened, so plugged in the power adaptor
and tried to restart. Nothing, just more blinking.
I tried the reset - nothing. Battery in and out - nope.
So I left it for a day with the main battery out to let the internal
one flatten as I went away overnight, thinking that it may just be
confused, and then tried to start it up again from the power adaptor
after coming back. Dead. absolutely no response, battery in or out,
power on or off, no resetting made any difference. What a pity -
such a lovely example of a 190 and so DEAD so soon after coming to
me.
Then logic hits. 3 days ago I'd unplugged the power adaptor from the
wall to use its kettle lead for another mac. How silly do I feel? :)
First rule of electronics, "It works better if you plug it in".
Second rule of electronics, "It works better if you turn it on."
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