Greetings! Sounds like you have a bad battery or a battery that is starting to fail. I had a similar problem. , Replaced the battery, problem solved.
Cheers, Joe On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Aurora74 <auror...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I have a G4 ibook running 10.5.5 that has started behaving a little oddly > in > some power situations. > > If I unplug the machine from mains it has started shutting down requiring > the removal of the battery and the power button press before it will turn > back on. > > BUT...... > > > If I put it to sleep and then unplug from mains it is happy. > > Also if it has woken from sleep it is happy to run on battery. > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to the cause of this? > > I will probably have to buy a new machine before tax time but I was > wondering if the little fella may be on the way out. > > I am worried that it will just fritz as I have heard that there are model > shortages in some models plus I am so lazy it takes me about 6 weeks to > transition machines. > > Thank you for any assistance. > > Smiles > Teresa > -- > Never argue with a fool - they will drag you down to their level and beat > you with experience. > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
