[iBook] Strange problem with Clamshell iBook

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In a message dated 3/29/2005 10:33:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
rlnewmanitools at mac.com writes:

> Have a 300 Mhz clamshell iBook with 160 mb and a 10 gig HD running OS X 
> Jaguar.  With a good battery installed, when you press the on button 
> the computer shows no sign of life.  When you plug in the AC adapter it 
> boots, and then you can unplug the AC adapter and it will run for 5+ 
> hours on the battery, and it seems to charge up O.K.  But when you shut 
> it down, it looses the date and time, and will not start up again 
> without help from the AC adapter.  Also I noticed that the ring around 
> the AC in port changes from Green to Orange, and back continuously, 
> even when the computer is shut down and no AC adapter is plugged in.  
> Anybody ever see anything like this?

Hi; I was just clearing out some old e-mails and I came across this one; 
don't know how I missed it... has anyone responded to your inquiry?

Anyway, to your problem: What I would do first is to reset the Power Manager 
and see if that solves the problem, by sticking an elongated paperclip in the 
little hole above the Power botton. 

Also - even though the ibook does not have a pram battery - I would try the 
ol' Apple/Cmd-Option-P-R hand sign just for good measure.

Short of either of those tricks, perhaps the "charger board"  - the board w/ 
the battery contact pins - needs replacing. If charging was a problem also, 
and the reset/pram tricks did not work I would be sure that was the problem...

Lettuce know, and good luck,


Craig W.
Atlanta, GA
Power corrupts. Absolute power's a blast. ­- John Fund 
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