Re: G3 Pismo screen goes black

2004-02-08 Thread Jalmari Raippalinna
> I've had it happen on a couple of PowerBooks. It's caused by the > battery contacts momentarily breaking contact. The computer looses > power so briefly that it doesn't go into power down but it does > completely interrupt the processor. The only way out is to restart. > I suspected this

Re: G3 Pismo screen goes black

2004-02-07 Thread Clark Martin
At 4:22 AM +0200 2/6/04, Jalmari Raippalinna wrote: Hi, I just bought (not paid yet) for testing a used G3/400 Pismo which is known to have a faulty battery (usetime max 30min) for about 250USD. Anyways, even without battery connected, if PB is shaked a bit back and forth, screen may go black and

Re: G3 Pismo screen goes black

2004-02-06 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 05/02/04 21:22, Jalmari Raippalinna at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I just bought (not paid yet) for testing a used G3/400 Pismo which is known > to have a faulty battery (usetime max 30min) for about 250USD. > > Anyways, even without battery connected, if PB is shaked a bit back and >

G3 Pismo screen goes black

2004-02-06 Thread Jalmari Raippalinna
Hi, I just bought (not paid yet) for testing a used G3/400 Pismo which is known to have a faulty battery (usetime max 30min) for about 250USD. Anyways, even without battery connected, if PB is shaked a bit back and forth, screen may go black and does not seem to recover no matter what, system see