Re: Pismo freakout
Could also be the video cable. I've seen a Pismo 500 that locked up or shut off when moved. I isolated it to moving the LCD rather than the whole laptop, but haven't yet ripped it apart to verify. on 10/10/04 11:50 AM, Adam Thayer wrote: This seems rather odd, yes something has come loose, and something is shorting out the entire motherboard in the laptop, since that is really the only way to reset the clock like that. I would check all the critical connections on the motherboard: PRAM battery, CPU, PMU board, and AC/Sound board. Beyond that, take it to a service tech and have them check it out, as nobody on the list will be able to nail down what it is without examining it in person if these connections are fine. Regards, Adam Thayer On Oct 7, 2004, at 8:36 PM, Joe Crow wrote: Hi folks. I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X (10.3.4). The only non-stock stuff I've got on it is another RAM stick (256), a Toshiba 60 Gig HD, and a LG CD-RW/DVD drive in the expansion bay. Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? And what do I do about it? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Pismo freakout
On Oct 8, 2004, at 5:22 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: Joe Crow said: Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? I had a WS once that shorted when the touching the right battery in the wrong way. Try and move the battery to the left and leave out the drive for a test. It happens when there's nothing in either bay, as well as when on battery power. Offlist, Craig W. suggested that it might be the Power Manager card. Does that sound likely to anybody? I've got no clue. xx Joe Crow http://www.joecrow.net -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Pismo freakout
On Oct 9, 2004, at 3:35 AM, Joe Crow wrote: It happens when there's nothing in either bay, as well as when on battery power. Offlist, Craig W. suggested that it might be the Power Manager card. Does that sound likely to anybody? I've got no clue. I would suggest it isn't the problem since it happens with two empty bays. (The PMU card contains the battery connectors) If it does turn out to be the problem, Powerbookmedic.com sells the Pismo PMU card for about $60. Charles -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Pismo freakout
Charles Estabrooks said: The PMU card contains the battery connectors Ehm, doesn't the PMU control everything concerning Power Management also in the Pismo? If not, what does it not control and what controls it instead? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Pismo freakout
Powersupply loose in back? Are you running of battery? Power source, whichever is lose. My 2 cents On Oct 8, 2004, at 8:17 AM, Joe Crow wrote: On Oct 8, 2004, at 12:53 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 07/10/04 23:36, Joe Crow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks. I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X (10.3.4). The only non-stock stuff I've got on it is another RAM stick (256), a Toshiba 60 Gig HD, and a LG CD-RW/DVD drive in the expansion bay. Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? And what do I do about it? Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside. -Laurent. -- Just popped it open and reseated them both, but it's still happening. Snarf. This rots. Any other ideas? xx Joe Crow http://www.joecrow.net -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Pismo freakout
On Oct 8, 2004, at 12:53 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 07/10/04 23:36, Joe Crow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks. I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X (10.3.4). The only non-stock stuff I've got on it is another RAM stick (256), a Toshiba 60 Gig HD, and a LG CD-RW/DVD drive in the expansion bay. Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? And what do I do about it? Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside. -Laurent. -- Just popped it open and reseated them both, but it's still happening. Snarf. This rots. Any other ideas? xx Joe Crow http://www.joecrow.net -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Pismo freakout
Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside. -Laurent. -- Just popped it open and reseated them both, but it's still happening. Snarf. This rots. Any other ideas? Does this happen when on battery or when plugged in (or both?). If it only happens when on battery, check your battery contacts. If it happens while plugged in, it could be a bad solder joint in your power jack... Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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On Oct 8, 2004, at 2:54 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside. -Laurent. -- Just popped it open and reseated them both, but it's still happening. Snarf. This rots. Any other ideas? Does this happen when on battery or when plugged in (or both?). If it only happens when on battery, check your battery contacts. If it happens while plugged in, it could be a bad solder joint in your power jack... Both. I've tried it plugged in and on battery. xx Joe Crow http://www.joecrow.net -Everything I need to know about life I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Pismo freakout
Joe Crow said: Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? I had a WS once that shorted when the touching the right battery in the wrong way. Try and move the battery to the left and leave out the drive for a test. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Pismo freakout
on 07/10/04 23:36, Joe Crow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks. I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X (10.3.4). The only non-stock stuff I've got on it is another RAM stick (256), a Toshiba 60 Gig HD, and a LG CD-RW/DVD drive in the expansion bay. Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Black screen, totally dead. It'll boot back up (sometimes I have to hit the power button a few times) but everytime it does, the clock's been reset to mid 1969. I figure something's come loose inside, but what? And what do I do about it? Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] field servoid [play on `android'] /fee'ld ser'voyd/ n.: Representative of a field service organization (see field circus). This has many of the implications of droid. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
