Re: Yo-Yo Power Supply

2005-10-26 Thread darm0k
At 07:07 PM -0700 10/25/2005, Barry Muller wrote: Last night, after plugging my Pismo back in I noticed a quiet "ticking" or "buzzing" sound coming from my power supply. This is a newer power supply that was sent to me to replace the original p\s from my Wallstreet. I neve

Yo-Yo Power Supply

2005-10-25 Thread Barry Muller
Last night, after plugging my Pismo back in I noticed a quiet "ticking" or "buzzing" sound coming from my power supply. This is a newer power supply that was sent to me to replace the original p\s from my Wallstreet. I never noticed this sound before (or just wasn't payi

Lombard hardware questions, loose screen and noisy power supply

2005-05-08 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
I'm contemplating doing something about the blown L2 cache on my Lombard 400. I might go for the G4 upgrade and Panther but there are a few mechanical concerns I'd like to resolve before I put any more money into this machine. >The screen has about 15 mm free play when it's in the up position.

Re: Power Supply

2005-05-02 Thread Deaner Lawless
now) ;) Is there a different power supply I can use with my iBook? The "flying saucer" style works and is kinda cute, but a bit of a pain to travel with. Is there a more conventional "brick" style I can use with Irving? Thanks, Amanda "Gotta go... the flames just reached

Re: Power Supply

2005-05-02 Thread David Lesher
Is there a different power supply I can use with my iBook? The "flying saucer" style works and is kinda cute, but a bit of a pain to travel with. Is there a more conventional "brick" style I can use with Irving? As in Berlin? From Apple, there are UFO's and the white cube

Power Supply

2005-05-02 Thread Amanda Ward
One more question... (for now) ;) Is there a different power supply I can use with my iBook? The "flying saucer" style works and is kinda cute, but a bit of a pain to travel with. Is there a more conventional "brick" style I can use with Irving? Thanks, Amanda "Go

Possible bad iBook power supply

2005-04-22 Thread maclist
I bought a G4 iBook recently and while charging it the other day the power supply became too hot to touch. It was connected to the poer cord not directly to the outlet, is there any talk of defective power supplies, is there any way of testing? Arne -- G-Books is sponsored by <h

Re: PowerBook G4 power supply issues

2005-04-21 Thread Mark Round
> There could be a short, probably caused by kink, in the line. The sudden > loss of power MAY not be sudden because you do not notice the monitor in the > upper right hand corner has switched from electrical supply to battery. It was sudden though - I had a full battery in the laptop, which I con

Re: PowerBook G4 power supply issues

2005-04-21 Thread Michael Levin
There could be a short, probably caused by kink, in the line. The sudden loss of power MAY not be sudden because you do not notice the monitor in the upper right hand corner has switched from electrical supply to battery. If that is not the culprit, take your Power Book to your local Apple authori

Re: PowerBook G4 power supply issues

2005-04-21 Thread Mark Round
On 4/21/05, Michael Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would bet the power pack (the line that runs from the Power Book to the > electrical plug) is failing. I had the same occurrence and followed the same > advice as below. Does that include the sudden turning off ? That's what was bothering me

Re: PowerBook G4 power supply issues

2005-04-21 Thread Michael Levin
system, the Cube notwithstanding. Laptops? They're dogs. On 4/21/05 05:52 AM, "Peter Saint James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19 Apr2005, at 9:24 AM, Mark Round wrote: > >> At intervals, the power supply turns itself off. The green/amber light >> at the t

Re: PowerBook G4 power supply issues

2005-04-21 Thread Peter Saint James
On 19 Apr2005, at 9:24 AM, Mark Round wrote: At intervals, the power supply turns itself off. The green/amber light at the tip of the plug goes out, and the laptop switches to battery power. Unplugging the power supply, waiting 30 seconds and then plugging it back in seems to solve the problem

PowerBook G4 power supply issues

2005-04-19 Thread Mark Round
vailable information that may be relevant. I'm somewhat new to Macs, having come from a Unix background (primarily Solaris). To cut a long story short, I've been having trouble with the power supply that came with the powerbook. The first one I had blew up with an audible "pop&quo

TiBook power supply question

2004-12-03 Thread John McGibney
My son broke the connector to his charger where it plugs into the PowerBook. I found a replacement plug at Radio Shack (3/32 stereo plug). What I need to know is the polarity of the 3 segments of the tip so I can solder it onto the wire. I don't care about the status lights I just want to be able t

Re: replacement power supply for icebook

2003-10-26 Thread Clark Martin
seller get me a new one, but I wanted this first mac really bad, and it was a steal. but now not being able to use it is really eating me up. does anyone have any suggestions about a replacement power supply? Check out: <http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Co

replacement power supply for icebook

2003-10-26 Thread Remell Boyer
mac really bad, and it was a steal. but now not being able to use it is really eating me up. does anyone have any suggestions about a replacement power supply? thanks in advance R. Boyer McNewbie -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: replacement power supply for icebook

2003-10-26 Thread Kyle Hansen
ven electrical tape would help. I normally would > have made the seller get me a new one, but I wanted this first mac really bad, > and it was a steal. > but now not being able to use it is really eating me up. > does anyone have any suggestions about a replacement power supply? Go to C

Re: MAC G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-06-03 Thread Paul Nicholson
ally be plugged in somewhere else. In a pinch when I leave my power supply at work and need volts I use a miniature stereo phone plug (1.5 mm? - it is smaller than the audio phone plug on the computer) and a lab power supply. The power is 24 volts at 1.875 amps. The supply should be current limited b

MAC G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-31 Thread James G (Jim) Hardwick
20030530 RE; though my question is for a Titanium PB 800, is the power supply transformer as comes from the factory 14volt, 65watts ??I remeber seeing this somewhere, but now I cannot remember where, to verify this correct , Or the specs of someother PB ???, thankyou in advance it sucks

Re: G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-31 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; though my question is for a Titanium PB 800, is the power supply transformer as comes from the factory 14volt, 65watts ??I remeber seeing this somewhere, but now I cannot remember where, to verify this correct , Or the specs of someother PB ???, thankyou in advance it sucks getting

Re: G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-30 Thread Mohamad Hammad
: Smartdisk.com has refurbed ones in stock fairly cheap. g If that's the same one as the Pismo (PB FireWire), they are hard to find right now. I needed one because my (2nd) power supply had died recently (the one I got after the original Yo-Yo adapter died). Both (IIRC) lasted about a

Re: G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-30 Thread Gary D. Adams
Smartdisk.com has refurbed ones in stock fairly cheap. g If that's the same one as the Pismo (PB FireWire), they are hard to find right now. I needed one because my (2nd) power supply had died recently (the one I got after the original Yo-Yo adapter died). Both (IIRC) lasted about a yea

Re: G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-30 Thread James Rohde
On 05/28/2003, Jack Countryman wrote: >and could not read any current. So...the power supply may be dead. (This >is one of the replacement 'flying saucer' types that Apple sent out two >years ago to replace the small rectangular one.) > >We don't have any of thos

Re: G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-29 Thread Anne Judge
On 5/28/03 5:01 PM, "Jack Countryman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I passed the Wallstreet PowerBook G3 series 233 . . . > along to a co-worker. . . Today it would not start...even plugged > in. Someone where she was apparently put a meter on the power supply outpu

Re: G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-29 Thread Robert Benjamin Johnston
e her a message yesterday about > battery being low...then shut down. Today it would not start...even plugged > in. Someone where she was apparently put a meter on the power supply output > and could not read any current. So...the power supply may be dead. (This > is one of the replace

G3 Series PB (wallstreet) 233 power supply needed

2003-05-29 Thread Jack Countryman
plugged in. Someone where she was apparently put a meter on the power supply output and could not read any current. So...the power supply may be dead. (This is one of the replacement 'flying saucer' types that Apple sent out two years ago to replace the small rectangular one.) We don&

Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-06 Thread George Gunderson
On Friday, Sep 6, 2002, at 12:50 US/Eastern, George Gunderson wrote: > > Hopefully its going to end today with the arrival of the FedEx truck! > I just discovered the BTI adapter on the front porch. Works fine. Not as nice as a Madsonline, but at least this one came complete and in a box!

Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-06 Thread George Gunderson
On Friday, Sep 6, 2002, at 12:02 US/Eastern, Remy Davison wrote: >> Here, here! I have two yo-yo kills to my credit and am refusing to >> add >> a third to my credit. A BTI adapter should be delivered to me today >> :-) > Ditto. I buy up 1400/3400/Duo adapters, and the old black (recall) G3

Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-06 Thread George Gunderson
On Friday, Sep 6, 2002, at 11:44 US/Eastern, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> On Friday, Sep 6, 2002, at 02:24 US/Eastern, Ryan Coleman wrote: >>> >>> I would buy a G3 Series adapter (generally $20-30 less than the >>> Pismo >>> UFO adapter) because they are rated the exact same. >>> >> Here, here! I

Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-06 Thread Remy Davison
>Here, here! I have two yo-yo kills to my credit and am refusing to add >a third to my credit. A BTI adapter should be delivered to me today :-) Ditto. I buy up 1400/3400/Duo adapters, and the old black (recall) G3 adapters. They work fine. My free brand new Apple replacement yoyo died inside

Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-06 Thread Ryan Coleman
>On Friday, Sep 6, 2002, at 02:24 US/Eastern, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> >> I would buy a G3 Series adapter (generally $20-30 less than the Pismo >> UFO adapter) because they are rated the exact same. >> >Here, here! I have two yo-yo kills to my credit and am refusing to add >a third to my credit.

Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-06 Thread George Gunderson
On Friday, Sep 6, 2002, at 02:24 US/Eastern, Ryan Coleman wrote: > > I would buy a G3 Series adapter (generally $20-30 less than the Pismo > UFO adapter) because they are rated the exact same. > Here, here! I have two yo-yo kills to my credit and am refusing to add a third to my credit. A BTI

Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-05 Thread Ryan Coleman
>on 9/5/02 9:43 PM, Dwight Hines at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> hey, if this is true, then anyone who needs a backup power supply can use a >> PB 1400 powersupply. > >I don't have it with me, but I think the PB 1400 ps has fewer watts than the >Pismo's. I

Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-05 Thread Jon Glass
on 9/5/02 9:43 PM, Dwight Hines at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hey, if this is true, then anyone who needs a backup power supply can use a > PB 1400 powersupply. I don't have it with me, but I think the PB 1400 ps has fewer watts than the Pismo's. I would guess that that would

power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?

2002-09-05 Thread Dwight Hines
hey, if this is true, then anyone who needs a backup power supply can use a PB 1400 powersupply. Right? d > >> Yep, I agree, the power adapter is flimsy and the wire breaks and >> deteriorates easily. I'm on my second power adapter so far. It's not the >> adapte