Wallstreet steady green light?

2005-01-22 Thread kaldav
Hello, Could someone please explain what might be wrong with a Wallstreet. It is turned off, the AC is plugged in, and the green light at the hinge stays on, not blinking as it would do in sleep. Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Wallstreet steady green light?

2005-01-22 Thread john slavin
The same thing happened to mine a few weeks ago. Green light on steady, Wallstreet wouldn't start up. I pulled the battery and unplugged it. The light still wouldn't go out. I left it in this condition overnight. When I came back the next morning all was well: light gone and it started

Re: Wallstreet steady green light?

2005-01-22 Thread Clark Martin
At 8:01 PM +1100 1/22/05, kaldav wrote: Hello, Could someone please explain what might be wrong with a Wallstreet. It is turned off, the AC is plugged in, and the green light at the hinge stays on, not blinking as it would do in sleep. Green Light of Death (GLOD) Unplug the AC Adapter, remove

Re: Wallstreet steady green light?

2005-01-22 Thread C Mark Blatchley
I'm glad for the what to do answers, but I'd like to understand why it does this? Is something wearing out? Did the shutdown go wrong? Clark Martin wrote: At 8:01 PM +1100 1/22/05, kaldav wrote: Hello, Could someone please explain what might be wrong with a Wallstreet. It is turned off, the

Re: Wallstreet steady green light?

2005-01-22 Thread Clark Martin
At 2:42 PM -0500 1/22/05, C Mark Blatchley wrote: I'm glad for the what to do answers, but I'd like to understand why it does this? Is something wearing out? Did the shutdown go wrong? Clark Martin wrote: At 8:01 PM +1100 1/22/05, kaldav wrote: Hello, Could someone please explain what might be

Re: Wallstreet steady green light?

2005-01-22 Thread john slavin
Basically the Power Management Unit (PMU) gets into an incorrect state. It is much like a program crashing and taking the OS with it. In both cases you have to reset to clear it. There is a PMU reset key sequence but I have found it doesn't always work. Disconnecting the AC Adapter and