[P1] Powerbook won't boot up

[Jack Rodgers]

On Nov 10, 2003, at 8:20 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:

> My daughter has an original Titanium Powerbook 15" and suddenly, it 
> just
> seems dead. She figures the battery's probably not much good anymore 
> since
> it's about 3 - 4 years old, but it won't even start with the adapter 
> plugged
> in. She thinks it might be because she had the battery out, and tried 
> to
> boot up with a photo cd in the tray, and maybe it tried to boot from 
> the CD,
> gave up, and just went and died. Any thoughts, tips, desperation 
> attempts,
> etc?

Put the battery back in or preferably buy a new one. Connect the AC. 
Press and hold the startup button for quite some time until you hear a 
bong. If that doesn't work there is a method of resetting the power 
manager that I don't recall but someone might or you can search Apple's 
Support.

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