Re: Apple Powerbook G3 Pismo(firewire) died. Please help me bring it back from the dead!

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <BDDB6368.26D9F%fakeemail@address.com>,
 Michael D <fakeemail@address.com> wrote:

> I just returned back from a trip and we forgot to turn her PowererBook off
> before she put it in her bag. After a couple of days being home I went to
> pull her PB out and I noticed it was pretty hot. Yikes!
> 
> Now it wont power up/boot no matter what I do. No typicall start up sounds
> or screen flicker or anything (hard drive spinning etc.)
> 
> The only sign that its getting power is when I turn it on (pressing power
> button as usual) I can turn the num lock and caps lock lights on/off when I
> press the respective keys. If I hold down the power button, to power down
> the unit the lights will go out after holding the power button down for 3-5
> seconds seeming normal.
> 
> In fact if I put the batteries in the powerbook without pressing the power
> button the computer just
> I have tried:
> 
> 1)  resetting the power manager several times
> 
> 2)  pulling all the batteries/adapter including the pram battery, letting it
> sit a couple hours before trying to restart it.
> 
> 3)  inspecting under the keyoard for anything suspect.
> 
> Nothing seems to help it boot.
> 
> Has anybody come across this before or does this sound typical of something
> failing? 
> 
> Any help would be great before I take it into a shop. I would prefer to
> diagnose and fix this myself if I can figure out what component is dead.

Comp.sys.apple2 is for the older 8/16 bit Apple II line of
computers that predate both the Macintosh and the IBM PC line of
computers.

You'd have much better luck asking this question in a comp.sys.mac.*
newsgroup.  Someone there will be able to help you better.

Greg B.

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