I think that's actually what I did...but why? What caused the iBook to go into a "coma"? any consistent input on this? -don On Saturday, October 11, 2003, at 05:50 AM, Kim Gammelgaard wrote: > You could probably have held the power button down for 10 seconds or so > instead og taking out the battery. And then restart. Should do the > same job. > > Cheers, > > Kim > > On 10/10/03 18:39, "Donald Hinkle" <donhinkle at att.net> 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.... > -don hinkle --------------- Please remember to help feed the starving—click daily on http://www.thehungersite.com. (And while you're online, check out http://villagedit.home.att.net)