[jorgem4]

I have a Titanium PowerBook (which I love) and it is plugged into a powerstrip. Sometimes the powerbook is charging or it is charged but plugged in...and all of a sudden the green or orange light on the charger turns off...but the it is still plugged in to the power strip. The power strip has a switch so I turn it off and on...and the the light on the charger turns on.

I started experincing this when I plugged into the power strip an external monitor....and this was happening constantly, so I switch the monitor to a different outlet and the problem stoped fo a while. But this days I have been doing some MAJOR downloading and I have to leave the PowerBook plugged in during night and day. Is this healthy for the PowerBook? Is the something wrong with my power supply from my computer? Or I have a crapy powerstrip?

Thanks.

[MusicalTone]

Sounds like either your charger is faulty or the LED light on the plug is faulty. I had a problem with a charger on my new PB a few months ago - it would power the PB but not charge the battery. At first I thought it was a battery problem but it was a faulty charger. Apple replaced it under warranty.

[anticon]

used to happen on my 15"albook too. I have been told on another forum that it was a problem with the type of powerstrip I was using which did not have protection against a power-surge. I bought a more expensive powerstrip and it hasn't happened since. Also this never happens when plugged directly into the wall.

[beefstu01]

Happens to my 15" AlBook too. I'll have Apple look at it some time though.

[tooki]

This is a known behavior. It is in fact the adapter's built-in protection, which powers off if it detects power problems.

See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=32155 for details.

tooki