[Ti] Al PB 17" - Would not Restart- Strange Behavior

[Seymour J. Wolfson]

>I assume that the battery was charged?  If not, did you plug the 
>power back in during the hour downtime?  What did the battery 
>indicator on the battery indicate the charge was?  Was the battery 
>loose?
>Otherwise,  the proper sequence of events to shut down the powerbook 
>is to first hold the power button down for 5-10 sec.  Then press the 
>power button once.  If you did this in reverse, you may have done 
>nothing when you pressed it once, then shut it down when you held it 
>down for a while.  Then an hour later, you pressed the button to 
>turn it on and it came on.
>Next time this happens, hold the powerbook screen up to a light 
>source and see if the Kernel Panic screen is there but the screen 
>brightness is off.  You may have had a panic on wake, the screen did 
>not wake up and brighten, and that's why the computer never woke up.
>
>Peter
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It is possible the battery was dislodged. Not sure about that.  It 
was fully charged and plugged in and the green light was on.  I will 
need to check that first if it happens again.
I did try as an experiment to hold down the power button just now.  I 
held it down for about 5 seconds. The dialogue box did pop up giving 
me choices, but I never had the chance to let go and the computer 
just shut down after about 5 seconds.
Thanks.
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Seymour