[P1] shutdown when opening lid

[B G]

A clock reset while on bettery or during a shutdown is
an indication of the pram battery being dead,
This could screw up the sleep mode also.


--- gwallace <gwallace at gwi.net> wrote:
> For the past two days, my G4 iBook has been doing
> something strange:  
> when it is asleep with the lid closed and I open the
> lid, it briefly 
> turns on--when the lid is open an inch or so--but as
> I open the lid 
> fully, the screen goes black and I cannot wake it up
> or even restart 
> unless I plug it in, wait a little while, and then
> do the 
> apple-control-power switch restart.  When it
> reboots, there is a 
> message that the date and time is incorrect (set to
> 1969).
> 
> I backed up all my data and then began to experiment
> with opening and 
> closing the lid, and I hear a slight crackling noise
> as the lid opens 
> more than an inch or so--as the screen blackens. 
> And the last thing I 
> noticed was that as I went to close the lid, a brief
> flash of light 
> just to the left of the power switch, between the
> keyboard and the 
> hinge. As it flashed, it crackled, and the computer
> shut itself 
> off--the first time that it shut off as I closed the
> lid.
> 
> This computer belongs to the school at which I work,
> so I will 
> definitely talk to the tech person there, but does
> anyone know what 
> might be going on?
> -----------------------
> Gina Wallace
> Topsham, Maine
> -----------------------
> 
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