[iBook] Yet another problem...

[Steve R]

At 10:17 PM -0500 06/02/06, Pat wrote:
>Thanks, Steve, but there is no reset button on 
>this Titanium G4 Powerbook that I can find.  I 
>went around it using the Tool and found no place 
>that would awaken it.  No startup tones at all, 
>just silence.


check out 
<http://www.macintouch.com/pbg4review.html> about 
a third of the way down under :

>Connectivity & Expansion
>
>Though the G4 lacks expansion bays, it provides 
>most of the connectivity found in previous 
>PowerBooks. A single PC Card slot resides on the 
>left side of the machine, alongside a headphone 
>jack; the back panel offers external video, 
>S-video, an internal modem, 2 USB ports, 
>10/100BaseT Ethernet, a single FireWire port, 
>and an IR window. Apple has also kept the 
>hardware-reset button on the back panel, instead 
>of returning to the odd keyboard combination 
>used on the Wall Street.


That's the reset button I'm referring to. Whether 
it does what I think it should do is another 
matter :-(



>
>Scared,
>
>Pat
>On Jun 2, 2006, at 10:04 PM, Steve R wrote:
>
>>At 6:23 PM -0500 06/02/06, Pat wrote:
>>>You guys are so good and helpful, but I now 
>>>have a real serious problem.  My TiBook 400 
>>>simply won't boot at all!  I was going to move 
>>>some programs from it to my friend's and I 
>>>haven't booted it in a couple of months and 
>>>now, I hit the start button and nothing 
>>>happens at all. What does this mean?  I've 
>>>checked the plugs, the wall plug, etc. but 
>>>I've never had it not respond at all.
>>>
>>>HELP!  It's my oldest and most dear one and what could be the problem?
>>
>>Have you tried the reset button? On the iBook 
>>Dual USB, it's the very very very tiny button 
>>just above the speaker plugin. You'll need the 
>>Official Macintosh Tool aka unbent paperclip 
>>to push the button in. You should hear startup 
>>chimes shortly after release.
>>
>>Steve R
>>
>
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