<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 27 Dec 2009, at 07:18, Doug Metzler wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Some time ago I had startup issues with my 500MHz TB. I tried the reset button and zapping<div>the PRAM as described with no success. At the genius bar I learned it can be reset </div>
<div>by unplugging external power and</div><div>taking out the battery, and then pressing the start button for 5 seconds. </div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>Doug - this is exactly the way of resetting the current MacBookPro, but I had not realised that it was an option as far back as the Ti-book.</div><div>This is the first I heard of it in relation to a Ti-book.</div><div><br></div><div>This procedure is currently used to reset the SMC (System Management Controller).</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div>Sure enough that did it and I haven't had any problems since. </div></span></blockquote></div><br><div>I was pleased to see that it fixed your problem.</div><div><br></div><div>We should all use this as part of our trouble-shooting procedure......</div><div><br></div><div>regards, Trevor</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>