Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-11 Thread Sam
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

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-09 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
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.

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-09 Thread Mikael Byström
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 and... Small Dog El

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-09 Thread Charles Estabrooks
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 hap

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-09 Thread Joe Crow
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

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-08 Thread Mikael Byström
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 someth

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Joe Crow
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,

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Andrew Kershaw
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 ot

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Joe Crow
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. S

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-07 Thread Laurent Daudelin
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 ab