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Uh oh... Dead Power Supply?
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Old Dominion University, Norfok, VA
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Okay, tell me if I'm **** out of luck or not...
The other night someone spilled water on the right side of my 15" TiBook right by the power button and the A/C port. Now, I freaked out and took the cover off and propped the sytem up and pryed off the bottom and had a fan blowing air on it to try and dry the components. The system automatically restarted later in the evening after the internal components had time to dry. Okay, we're looking good, so then I went on using the system feeling really lucky, and then I noticed that my batter was not getting a charge. So I unplugged the A/C adapter and then plugged it in again. My battery status indicator did not show the battery was getting any juice. So... after the battery died I have not been able to restart the unit. I'm going to assume this is just the internal power supply and not something more major becuase the system was running just fine until the battery drained, and I have no other way to charge the battery. I did try and reset the PMU, also. What's even worse is this probably falls into Apple's 3rd Tier for out of warranty repair which means $1,023.95! That's a new system! So if I send this in to Apple are they going to replace the internal power supply or will they call this a logic board problem and screw me?! Does my description sound accurate for a power supply problem? 
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iPond317 | ODU Apple Campus Rep
"Ten years ago down by the lake I sunk my sweet love down to her watery grave." - Hello Again | DMB
Old: Apple IIc, PowerMac 7200/90, iMac Bondi Blue 233, Titanium PowerBook G4 400 - New: MacBook 2.0, iPhone 8GB, AirPort Extreme Gb, iPod 30GB 5th Gen
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: WV, USA
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Ouch...I'd guess it's just a dead power supply, but I wouldn't know for sure. The real bummer is that a call to AppleCare will cost $49 unless they schedule for you to send it in.
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5G 60GB video iPod
512MB iPod Shuffle
Westone UM1 Canalphones
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Memphis, Tn. USA
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Borrow a power supply and see if it show charging! could have shorted the AC Adapter about $50 on Ebay!
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Long Beach, CA
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As an Apple Certified Technician (that doesn't work for Apple), I do find Apple's pricing a bit odd. If the problem isn't in your AC adapter, it's likely either the DC-in board or the logic board. The DC-in board is probably only about $20-ish. If you can take it to a non-Apple repair location, you will likely get a significantly better price. My guess is sub-$300 range for the DC-in board installation. It can vary based on pricing structures.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Old Dominion University, Norfok, VA
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Problem fixed a while ago... logic board was fried. Thanks though!
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iPond317 | ODU Apple Campus Rep
"Ten years ago down by the lake I sunk my sweet love down to her watery grave." - Hello Again | DMB
Old: Apple IIc, PowerMac 7200/90, iMac Bondi Blue 233, Titanium PowerBook G4 400 - New: MacBook 2.0, iPhone 8GB, AirPort Extreme Gb, iPod 30GB 5th Gen
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