[Ti] Dead Titanium/500

[Michael]

>On Saturday, April 17, 2004, at 12:37  PM, Kynan Shook wrote:
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>>If the battery is bad but it's still plugged in, it should still boot.
>
>This is what I thought. However, the PRAM battery could be drained...?

pram runs off of battery; there is not a separate pram battery in powerbooks.

>>   My best guess would be to reset the power manager.
>
>Did that..too.
>

Just a WAG here, but try resetting power manager button with some 
different combos:

remove battery and power cord, reset, wait 5 sec, then plug in;

with batter only,

same combos with lid open/closed.

etc.

The PMU is a tricky little bugger... and if it is already shot (which 
it sounds like may be the case) then trying some of these options 
couldn't hurt.

Might also try booting with power cord unplugged (battery may be 
charged and PMU is stuck on battery mode).

Have you tried ctrl-cmd-power button forced reboot?
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