JoeG's dual 1G power switch desc...
Snoke Jay S NPRI
SnokeJS at Npt.NUWC.Navy.Mil
Fri Feb 7 08:31:25 PST 2003
Joe, et al-
My new dual 1GB (bought mid-Decemeber) exhibited similar problems. I took it in after it finally just gave it up and died - the power switch on the front panel turned out to be the culprit...
Jay
> FWIW, I was in the store to bring my dual-1 GHz dual-mirrored Mk.
> 1 in because the ADC video from the Radeon card had died, and the
> power button/power manager was acting strange: press the power button
> and its LED only glowed momentarily, though the fans came on, the
> system booted, and DVI video worked just fine. Even USB through the
> ADC connector worked OK, but no video and no power LED on a connected
> ADC monitor (tried several, so I know it wasn't the monitor). I was
> on the phone to AppleCare before bringing the machine in; they had me
> trying to reset the PMU, but that didn't help, nor did multiple PRAM
> resets. Anybody seen this behavior? Is it a power problem or a Radeon
> one? (I asked if by some miracle if it were the power supply, they
> could see their way clear to replacing the unit with one of the new
> ones with the quieter fans, but alas, they claimed they had to
> replace parts with the identical part number.)
>
> Score one for OS X, though: even without the video, the system
> booted normally, and continued working as an IP gateway for our home
> network.
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