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From: Jon B on 14 Jul 2010 10:59 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-14 12:00:44 +0100, Sara said: > > > In article <1jlm5tg.1745nkhdbfr4pN%black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com>, > > black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com (Jon B) wrote: > > > >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I may be interested in taking it off you for parts though. Can send the > >>>> disk back in the post ;-) > >>> > >>> I'll hang onto it for now, but I'll certaily keep that offer in mind. > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >> No problems you know where to find me if you do. > > > > That reminds me... we've still got Roger's old one on the shelf. I'll > > drop you an email later. > > And I've got my old dead one too. Shall email you as well... Looks like I've got some extra busy weeks ahead :) -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: docholliday on 16 Jul 2010 11:50 On 11 July, 10:06, j...(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: > I think my PowerBook G4 may have just gone the way of the Dodo - whilst > using it the screen went black (except for a faint grey line at the > bottom of the screen about where the top of the Dock would be). > > Did a force power off, then on again - zilch. Did a force power off > followed by battery removal and reinsertion - zilch. It isn't even being > seen on the network - attempts to contact it remotely are failing. It > still shows up in the main machine's Finder, but I think it's just > remembering it from earlier. Connection attempts (both file sharing and > screen sharing) fail. It -sounds- like it's starting up - it bongs and > there's disk activity but the screen never seems to do anything. > > Any thoughts? There's nothing on it I need urgently, but it's been a > good machine and I'd rather not condemn it. > > I think it's doing this out of spite because the iPad gets used more... > > Jim > -- Have you tried resetting the PMU? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1431 gives details. I had a similar problem with a couple of Macs which were fixed that way (in one case by waiting in the repair shop so long - over 3 months - that when I collected it unrepaired all the batteries were totally flat and it booted up when I decided to give it just one more chance) Mike
From: Jim on 16 Jul 2010 14:23 docholliday <docholliday93(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tried resetting the PMU? > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1431 gives details. > I had a similar problem with a couple of Macs which were fixed that > way (in one case by waiting in the repair shop so long - over 3 months > - that when I collected it unrepaired all the batteries were totally > flat and it booted up when I decided to give it just one more chance) Oddly no, I haven't. I shall do so tomorrow, but the machine died whilst in use so I'm not very hopeful. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: David Kennedy on 16 Jul 2010 17:21
Jim wrote: > > Oddly no, I haven't. I shall do so tomorrow, but the machine died whilst > in use so I'm not very hopeful. > > Jim I had a similar failure with a G4 Powerbook an, after trying all the things I could think of together with all the suggestions I got here I gave up and got a new machine a new machine. Two weeks later - and with a different power supply it sprang back into life and has been fine ever since... -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |