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[Chuck & Kim Blair]

>  > Hey Mark,
>>  :o)
>>  Yes my ibook is confused and can't find the hard drive, but it isn't
>>  waiting awhile and then starting up. The hard drive icon in the
>>  Control Panels is clicked. :ol
>>  I wish that was the problem.
>>
>>  I've had a battling problem with this ibook since a repair by Apple
>>  the first week of use.
>>  I was having to push the reset button, remove the battery, hit and
>>  miss with pushing buttons but finally starting up after poking around
>>  and waiting about...20 min.s
>>  Sooo,,,
>>  I reinstalled the system, removed the energy conservation control
>>  panel and the software update control panel...(heard they could case
>>  problems so I'm being safe)
>>
>>  Now the three button, power button seems to be working.
>>  But, I hate doing that almost every restart!
>>
>>  Thank you for helping me.
>>  :o)
>>  Kim
>
>
>I think I'd try taking out any RAM in the slot under the keyboard. You may
>have a bad stick in there.
>
>Dan

Dan,
Really!
Would Tech Tool Pro tell me if the ram was bad or not seated 
properly? I'm curious because I ran that program and it didn't find 
any problem.

Also, which symptom/symptoms helped you come to that diagnosis??
Wanting to educate myself.
;o)
Thank You!
Kim