<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/29/2005 10:33:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, rlnewmanitools@mac.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Have a 300 Mhz clamshell iBook with 160 mb and a 10 gig HD running OS X <BR>
Jaguar. With a good battery installed, when you press the on button <BR>
the computer shows no sign of life. When you plug in the AC adapter it <BR>
boots, and then you can unplug the AC adapter and it will run for 5+ <BR>
hours on the battery, and it seems to charge up O.K. But when you shut <BR>
it down, it looses the date and time, and will not start up again <BR>
without help from the AC adapter. Also I noticed that the ring around <BR>
the AC in port changes from Green to Orange, and back continuously, <BR>
even when the computer is shut down and no AC adapter is plugged in. <BR>
Anybody ever see anything like this?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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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?<BR>
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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. <BR>
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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.<BR>
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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...<BR>
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Lettuce know, and good luck,<BR>
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Craig W.<BR>
Atlanta, GA<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="FIXED" FACE="Courier New" LANG="0"><B><I>Power corrupts. Absolute power's a blast.</B> </I>- John Fund</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> </FONT></HTML>