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

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Peter Sealy paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly:

>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 ...
>>...snip...
>>... 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

I'd be willing to bet money (as long as it was somebody else's) that 
it was a simple 'battery ran down' issue.

I've had that happen three times in 14 months, and it's a 'panic' 
attack every time. All of a sudden 'poof'... black screen.

And, oh, how I'd laugh, over the years, when the first item in the 
"Troubleshooting" sections was always: Check that the power cord is 
in the wall.  :=)

~flipper