[P1] iBook electrical shock - update

[Brian Pearce]

> Anyway, hours before the shipping box arrived, I restarted the iBook 
> (500 - Dual USB)...and it failed to boot.  Two days later, it still 
> won't boot.  When I depress the power button, the iBook makes some 
> normal sounds, the harddrive spins for a briefly, then there is a soft 
> "click" and all sounds stop, as does the startup process.

That sounds (literally) like what I've experienced once or twice when 
I've let my battery run down, and the iBook (different model than 
yours) lost power instead of going into sleep mode. Perhaps there's a 
short circuit.

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