On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 02:42 AM, Seymour J. Wolfson wrote: > This morning I closed the cover of my Al PB 17" while it was running, > and took it to another room. There I opened it and it would not come > back on no matter what I did. Just had a black screen. I tried hitting > some keys, pressed the power button, held down the power button for a > while, but nothing would get the Mac to turn on. There was mention of this or similar situation on MacFixit on Mon 8 Sep. No reason given but a way to get the mac to going again. Seems there has been discussion previously. Sorry I can not be more help but I haven't had the problem so did not take everything in. Cheers ......... Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA