Try zapping the PRAM or resetting the Power Manager unit. Apple has directions for both: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449 (Power Manager Reset) Collin Moore wrote: > I have a problem with my p1..my sister's "boy friend" turned my ibook on > when the battery had said that it was dead. But before it said it will save > my info and go too sleep.well I shut it down.just as they had pulled up > after a long trip up here from florida.I had too unload their car > so I asked him to hold it.he opens it and turns it on.I told him to turn it > off quick..and he did. so every time I try to boot it It says > that it did not shut down properly..so it scans my HD..then it continues to > boot until it says system error "time syncronizer" error type 41..click to > restart..(click) then it says "time syncronizer" bus error..click to > restart..so I click it.nothing happens.. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat D. Stephens" <patdart at cox-internet.com> > To: "iBook List" <ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 9:09 PM > Subject: Re: [P1] Booting a Computer > > >