Recent content by traz

Thanks for the replies :) You guys are the experts! And I'm pretty sure you're right about the power supply being f**ked. I bought a 540C yesterday complete with power supply; it looks in better condition than the 520's one. Same model number so I'll be able to plug it into the 520. I'm...

Thanks :) Do you mean the laptop batteries? I don't have any, unfortunately.

LOL @ the drawn Apple logo :) Thanks for the tip. :) As it happens, my father took the AC adapter away last night. He's an electronics technician and knows a lot more about all of this than I do (but knows zip about Macs). While I've had it plugged into the wall the past few days, it's felt...

UPDATE: as I was walking past I thought I'd give the power key yet another go... IT WORKED!!!!!!! I almost jumped out of my skin as I heard those sweet chimes Well it worked for all of 10 seconds. It was unresponsive to my commands and then a window came up saying that there is not enough...

Thanks for your suggestion :) I've tried the wiggling a few times without success. :( I notice that one of the pins isn't exactly the same height as the others (little bit shorter)... got some tweezers and tried to do some mucking about there but the pins are very strong and it wouldn't...

Hello there :) I've been the proud owner of a second-hand PB 520 for the past 4 or 5 years. In that time I've only used it sporadically. The past couple of times I've used it I started getting booting issues. The first time I reset the power manager and it worked. The second time it didn't...