[P1] iBook electrical shock - update

[Samantha Cornell]

Hmm...I do let my battery run down, but this happened with a full 
charge...


On Jun 10, 2004, at 8:52 PM, Brian Pearce wrote:

>> Anyway, hours before the shipping box arrived, I restarted the iBook 
>> (500 - Dual USB)...and it failed to boot.  Two days later, it still 
>> won't boot.  When I depress the power button, the iBook makes some 
>> normal sounds, the harddrive spins for a briefly, then there is a 
>> soft "click" and all sounds stop, as does the startup process.
>
> That sounds (literally) like what I've experienced once or twice when 
> I've let my battery run down, and the iBook (different model than 
> yours) lost power instead of going into sleep mode. Perhaps there's a 
> short circuit.
>
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