[G4] G4 titanium will not start up

[John McGibney]

on 5/16/03 8:16 AM, Power Macintosh G4 List at G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com
wrote:

> 
> Message-ID: <3EC38A06.24194E at Xtrafuel.com>
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 13:32:42 +0100
> From: barbara leenen <barbara at Xtrafuel.com>
> Subject: [G4] G4 titanium will not start up
> 
> hello,
> 
> please excuse my english. I'm from germany and my english is
> not very good.
> 
> i have a power book G4 titanium and i didn't use it
> for a while. now i tried to power it up and it doesn't do
> anything at all.
> 
> i have it plugged in at the mains at the moment.
> 
> i tried pressing the little button at the battery, it shows
> no light at all. 
> 
> i removed the battery and tried to start it from the mains.
> 
> i tried to reset the power manager by pressing the little
> button on the rear panel of the computer for 15 sec.
> 
> nothing worked yet.
> 
> it would be great if you have an idea what else i could do.
> 
> regards,
> barbara

Try leaving the unit plugged into the outlet with the battery installed for
a few hours. This should recharge the battery enough for the PowerBook to
start. Some PowerBooks want a partially charged battery installed before
they will start. others don't seem to mind.


John