I bought a replacement APC NiMH for my PB5300. You might recall I had the
problem with an outgassing NiMH...
I gave the battery bay a good clean and scoured the contacts and surrounding
plastic as per Clark Martins suggestion.
I soon noticed that the power LED was at times remaining fully lit when
Christopher Cate wrote:
Hi Brian -
You do have to press the button in the back, as there isn't a power
button on the keyboard. My first mac was a PB 160 (which I still have
- though it's not in good shape anymore). Let me know if I can help
further.
-Chris
Thanks for the responses. I
Someone suggested it might be the pram battery, while another said it
was a common problem with Lombards running 10.3. Does anyone else had
trouble turning on their Lombard laptop?
Hold down the Power ON key until the PB beeps at you, then continue
holding. It will shortly go into its booting
Subject: Subject: Re: PB 160 - appears dead
Electronics is my hobby and power supplies are my thing.
In general I don't open up those wall warts. I have about
150 of them I've collected over the years, and can usually find
one that matches my needs in this pile of tangled wires and plugs.
But
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Subject: Subject: Re: PB 160 - appears dead
I wonder whether the adapter you are using is putting out
a good, solid 7.5 volts when it's loaded?
From: Charlie H.
Thanks for the info Charlie. When I measured the output, no load, it was
over 50 volts as far as I
