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My first Powerbook drop - Reason: A BEE, Result: A dead PB - Reason - Me.
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May 12, 2006, 10:45 AM
 
Ok I really need some help from people who've opened up these machines before. This story might be a little long, so please bare with me

Last night, I was finishing up some work and this f*****g BEE kept bugging me, so I finally got irritated after letting it go for 45 mins and then I just snapped and the PB slipped out of my lap and feel side first on the floor and hit the power cable which made a dent in the power area of the side of the notebook. So I took the power cable out as it was bent, and finished my work and shut it down and went to sleep.

This morning I woke up, took apart, well tried to take apart the PB to hammer back the little dent so the power cable could fit snugly, I couldnt get the case to come off. So I called my local Apple after trying for 2 hours and reading all the guides online. Keep in mind the PB was working fine until now.

The Apple dude came over, with all his tools, took apart the thing in like 30 seconds and fixed the plug nice enough so it could fit the power cable, and put everything back. NOW, the thing wont start up The power cable shows the orange charging light, everything seems allright, but this thing just wont start. The Apple guy said to leave it like that for the night. He'll have it picked up tomorrow morning and check for all sort of power surpasses inside so he knows whats wrong.

Anyone here, have any sort of clue why this might be? Sure they'll have a look at it tomorrow, but Im on this Windows laptop which Im hating cuz of no Expose and I keep pressing Alt instead of Ctrl. I want my PB back..

Oh and that freakin BEE escaped...
     
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May 12, 2006, 11:19 AM
 
might be that he didn't connect the keyboard up correctly. Once I put the little white, plastic clip that holds the keyboard ribbon in upside down and it meant the keyboard's powerkey wouldn't work. I thought my PB was dead, but the keyboard just wasn't hooked up
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May 12, 2006, 11:58 AM
 
Tried that. No luck. Any other suggestions?
     
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May 12, 2006, 12:12 PM
 
Battery maybe. If it's showing signs of power...it should power on. Take out the battery a couple times and then reconnect it. Good luck..
     
   
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