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12" PB RevA LED won't pulse when asleep...
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The unit goes to sleep but the LED will not pulse, wither when it is sleeping in either the open position or the closed position.
I tried the search and came up with nothing.
Any ideas?
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Mine has been that way for about 8 months now (since it came back from repairs at Apple actually).
On mine, if you put the Powerbook to sleep, then hold the lid down and press the catch release button in as far as you can (use a popsicle stick or something) it will start to pulse... obviously a loose connection. Try it.
Since it is a minor thing, I haven't sent the machine back just for this problem.
Arty
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Hey..
Thanks for the response. I tried your suggestion and mine behaves the same way. I have a RevA and a RevC 12" PBs and only the RevA does that. The thing is past its warranty so bringing it back to Apple for repair is out of the question. Sux to be me.
If it is in fact just a loose connection I am contemplating taking the thing apart to fix it.
What do you think?
Anyone familiar with the LED connection/mechanism of the latch?
I was thinking maybe the contact that turns it on is dirty or something, thus preventing a clean 'contact' per se.
I dunno what I am going to do yet. Still brainstorming.
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It's a simple little connector that attaches the sleep LED pigtail to the DCDC board. Perhaps it has come loose. Check out the amazing takeapart guides on http://www.pbfixit.com to make this relatively simple fix, assuming it is the just the connector. You only have to go as far as taking off the keyboard and top case.
Steve
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Hmmm....
Thanks for the great link.
By examining the pics of the entire keyboard side removed, it seems as if the latch has a connector to the board. I am unsure if that connector can easily come loose though.
Maybe others have succeeding in remedying this condition.
The second I find the right torx driver I will attempt to take the thing apart.
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mine was the same way. not sure about the pushing it in, i never tried that.
i sent my powerbook to apple because of that and another problem and they fixed it.
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Originally posted by shabbasuraj:
Hmmm....
Thanks for the great link.
By examining the pics of the entire keyboard side removed, it seems as if the latch has a connector to the board. I am unsure if that connector can easily come loose though.
Maybe others have succeeding in remedying this condition.
The second I find the right torx driver I will attempt to take the thing apart.
Not sure what you are referring to. The latch button is not connected to the DCDC board at all. The LED is mounted to the button with a small wire, called a pigtail, connected to the DCDC board. It is possible that this connector has come out. Worst case would be if the solder pads have somehow been lifted from the DCDC board, in which case you would need a new DCDC board. Chances are this didn't happen and just the connector is a little loose.
Steve
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Originally posted by ibook_steve:
Not sure what you are referring to. The latch button is not connected to the DCDC board at all. The LED is mounted to the button with a small wire, called a pigtail, connected to the DCDC board. It is possible that this connector has come out. Worst case would be if the solder pads have somehow been lifted from the DCDC board, in which case you would need a new DCDC board. Chances are this didn't happen and just the connector is a little loose.
Steve
This might sound crazy, but if it has come loose, why does the light come on at all? Most things that lose power don't tend to work very well 
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Originally posted by cSurfr:
This might sound crazy, but if it has come loose, why does the light come on at all? Most things that lose power don't tend to work very well
The guy who is pushing down on the lid makes the light work, meaning he's forcing the connection somehow.
Steve
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Originally Posted by Arty
Mine has been that way for about 8 months now (since it came back from repairs at Apple actually).
On mine, if you put the Powerbook to sleep, then hold the lid down and press the catch release button in as far as you can (use a popsicle stick or something) it will start to pulse... obviously a loose connection. Try it.
Since it is a minor thing, I haven't sent the machine back just for this problem.
Arty
I had problems with my sleep light not coming on so I went to Apple discussion to no avail. After numerous other seaches I came to MacNN and read your suggestion and thought, what the heck, I'll give it a try. Well, IT WORKED!!!
Thanx!
Gazelle
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