[P1] What is this button for?

[Gary Adams]

It's for resetting the Power Manager. That's sometimes a necessity.

G
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 08:08 PM, Peter Nacken wrote:

> on 2/6/03 1:59 PM, Jay Boshara at jboshara at mchsi.com wrote:
>
>> On my 366 MHz graphite iBook SE (with only 1 USB and no FireWire), I
>> recently noticed a recessed button on the inside near the hinge.  
>> Next to
>> this tiny button's hole there's a white circle with a triangle in it. 
>>  What
>> is this button used for and is there a procedure to follow?
>
>
> My guess .. Reset button ... I have the same on my tangerine iBook .. 
> And on
> my 500mhz icebook there is a tiny button next to the AV/headphone port 
> ..
> And it sports the same triangle symbol ...
>
> I guess in older OS times that was the last resort when the machine was
> stuck and you would have to use a paperclip to reset the machine ..
>
> I never had to use that on a mac ... And it seems that even win 
> machines
> have resorted to a "10 sec hold down of powerbutton for reset" ..
>
> P