On Apr 25, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Rich Northouse wrote: > Simon, > > When you state that the power bar is tripped -- what is the power > bar? Is that like a power strip with several AC sockets?, If it is > the circuit breaker on your power strip, perhaps you could try a > different strip, they do get tired! A PMU or battery problem should > not cause excess current draws. > > Rich > > >> Thanks for the replies. I been doing some reading, and have tried >> resetting the PMU, and reseating things with no change. My question >> is: could a bad battery cause this behavior? I'll try replacing >> that while I look into buying a new supply; it couldn't hurt, I >> don't know how long it's been there. >> >> Simon Stone >>