I have been repairing PC's for about 5 years as a hobby, but have never touched a mac. My entire household has ipods and iphones, so learning a Mac has become a must.
Today i received a Powerbook G4 M5884 from a co-worker. He gave me the laptop, various drives, chargers, batteries..... a whole box full of stuff. He said that the computer worked great but he let his son borrow it and it hasnt worked since. He had one guy look at it, but couldnt revive it.
So, i get my new toy back to my office. Plug in the power adapter and received nothing. Swapped to another power adapter with the same result. I have swapped batteries and pushed the pram reset button, still nothing.
- batteries; when the test button is pushed, nothing lights up.
- Power adapter: both adapters do to get warm after 20 minutes or so. they also spark when the AC power cord is plugged into them. which i thought was odd.
- Powerbook: With power connected nothing happens. There isnt any lights, no sounds..... Nothing.
I have had the charger hooked up for about 5 hours at this point.
I am at work, so my troubleshooting tools are limited. I plan on troubleshooting once i get home, but any suggestions are ideas will be appreciated. Please keep in mind that i have never used, work on or sat in front of a mac before.
Today i received a Powerbook G4 M5884 from a co-worker. He gave me the laptop, various drives, chargers, batteries..... a whole box full of stuff. He said that the computer worked great but he let his son borrow it and it hasnt worked since. He had one guy look at it, but couldnt revive it.
So, i get my new toy back to my office. Plug in the power adapter and received nothing. Swapped to another power adapter with the same result. I have swapped batteries and pushed the pram reset button, still nothing.
- batteries; when the test button is pushed, nothing lights up.
- Power adapter: both adapters do to get warm after 20 minutes or so. they also spark when the AC power cord is plugged into them. which i thought was odd.
- Powerbook: With power connected nothing happens. There isnt any lights, no sounds..... Nothing.
I have had the charger hooked up for about 5 hours at this point.
I am at work, so my troubleshooting tools are limited. I plan on troubleshooting once i get home, but any suggestions are ideas will be appreciated. Please keep in mind that i have never used, work on or sat in front of a mac before.