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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
 Posted - 16 Sep 2002 : 10:08:27
Victoria, my wife's G3 Powerbook died today -- in the middle of web surfing everything went dead. No display, no sound, no HD, nada. Holding down the power button, nada! Holding down the little reset/PRAM-zap/power manager zap button in the back, NADA! Pulling out the batteries, unplugging the AC, various frantic combinations of battery, AC, button pushing, NADA. Removing the keyboard, and wiggling all the connectors and boards, NADA. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!And then, just before taking the dearly departed to the Mac Shack (local mac store/repair place near the university) I went to check the powercord. NOT PLUGGED IN!!!!! Yesterday, when we got back from a business trip, I set up Victoria for use at home, plugged all the cables in the back of her, dropped the AC cord back were the power strip was, but forget to plug it into the powerstrip. So last night and this morning she ran her battery down to zippo and died. I'm laughing happy idiot tears now at the revival of Victoria, our faithful travelling companion. Gonna check the power cord first next time, G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
& User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry Edited by - g4from128k on 16 Sep 2002 10:30:00 |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2002 : 17:43:22
 It's happened to the best of us, especially in multi-user environments...
"Hey, I need a powerpoint, ah, nobody's using this one..."
--dwooooooo-- "Whoops."~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2002 : 18:06:07
I remember one time i saw a PC with a "dead" monitor. Checked all the connections, and cuoldn't get it to work. Then i turned up the brightness knob on the front panel. -------------------------- "I keep my friends close, but I keep my enemies closer" - Unkown Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2002 : 14:25:52
wait til you hear this.
I found my LC II the whole enchalada!
I plugged the whole thing in! I MADE SURE IT WAS PLUGGED IN!
and i flipped the switch. nada. tried the monitor, nada.
tried another computer that was there, nada. anything else
that was electrical, nada. I was really disappointed. Then I tried
an outlet on a different wall where I saw people plugging stuff in.
guess what...
IT ALL WORKED! so I got all that cool mac stuff. happiest day
of my life._________________
Leutennant SCCHICAGO
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catsdorule
Senior Member
Canada
1627 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2002 : 17:40:10
Well all I can add to this is a few days ago my computer kept abruptly turning off I checked all my software 'n' such then I replaces the power cord and all was fine.-Danny
"Windows(win-doze): A 32-bit extension to a 16-bit graphical shell of an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit processor by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition." |
Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2002 : 18:01:27
I once (still do...) had a monitor that was going on the fritz. It turned completely off while i was using it one day. I adjusted the knobs, restarted, etc. etc. Finally in my rage i kicked it, it flew off my desk, landed on the floor, adn has worked fine since. Boy they sure do not make them like they used to...~The Penguin | Captain, Intelligence Operations / Space Cowboy |
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candyPunk
Full Member
USA
856 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2002 : 18:07:40
I thought for the longest time (YEARS) that my audiovision 14 monitor didn't work right. Sometimes, it might not have. But I'm really not sure! See, it didn't always seem to turn on. If I turned it off and on over and over or restarted, that sometimes seemed to fix it. Then one day I thought it had totally died. Nothing. Ever. Then I turned the brightness up...{ candyPunk }
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