[P1] sudden long "sleep"-unconscious!

[Kim Gammelgaard]

Thank you for the hint, Jack, but I never wrote anything like the text you
quote me for. 

Sometimes I forget to read whose mail I am responding to. Then I flip a
switch in my brain and turn it on.

Have a go at that ;-)

Cheers,

Kim

On 11/10/03 13:14, "Jack Rodgers" <jackrodgers at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> On Saturday, October 11, 2003, at 05:50  AM, Kim Gammelgaard wrote:
> 
>>> I left my iBook alone for a couple hours with the telephone line
>>> connected and plugged in to power.
>>> When I returned, it was dark, no blinking "sleep" light. I fiddled
>>> with
>>> it and pressed the power button a couple times. Zilch. I prayed, laid
>>> hands on, removed the battery and reinserted it, then pressed the
>>> power
>>> button firmly again. It started, and went through a long time on the
>>> initial screen with that little gear thingy turning, and then finally
>>> came up seemingly okay.
> 
> When the battery power runs out, the screen goes black and no pushing
> of the start button or any key will restart the mac. I often get caught
> with this, panic, and think the old powerbook has died. Then I remember
> and plug it in and everything is OK.
> 
> Now, some people might ask, how could my battery get drained when it is
> plugged into the wall. One answer might be that the particular plug
> used is tied to light switch so that when you flip it, a desk lamp will
> turn on or off. When you leave the room you turn of the lights AND THAT
> PLUG. So, there is no incoming power and the book switches to battery
> power and can drain itself dry. When you return, you hit the switch
> turning the lights back on but your book has shut off, etc.