[P1] shutdown when opening lid

[Michael Elliott]

OK I've read your post more carefully...and now I'm not convinced that 
it's the old-pinched-video-cable-at-the-hinge problem.  Sounds like a 
DEFINITE send-in to AppleCare to me.

Michael

On Jan 19, 2004, at 6:48 PM, gwallace 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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>
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