Powerbook with no power?

apathy · 12-15-2005, 12:05 PM

Hopefully this is the right forum.

I have a 17" powerbook with OSX 10.2 (I believe). It is pretty much only used to browse the internet. It is approximately 2 years old.

A few days ago, I came back to use it and got a kernel panic. I held the power button down to shut it off, and turned it back on.

I hear the startup noise, but the screen itself is dead. The power button light is dead. The light that is normally glowing on the latch mechanism (that opens the powerbook when it's closed) is also dead.

The caps lock button lights up when pressed, though.

I removed and replaced the battery shortly after the incident, and turned it on. The screen worked fine and the computer started up as normal (I did not think to check the power button light or the latch light at this point). After it came up, I moved the pointer to the Disk Utility and clicked, which resulted in the computer locking up (color wheel spinning, system unresponsive). I left it in this state, only to return and find the screen once again dead.

Any ideas here? Is this something that I will have to take in for repairs?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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12-15-2005, 12:05 PM	#1
apathy Prospect Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 47	Hopefully this is the right forum. I have a 17" powerbook with OSX 10.2 (I believe). It is pretty much only used to browse the internet. It is approximately 2 years old. A few days ago, I came back to use it and got a kernel panic. I held the power button down to shut it off, and turned it back on. I hear the startup noise, but the screen itself is dead. The power button light is dead. The light that is normally glowing on the latch mechanism (that opens the powerbook when it's closed) is also dead. The caps lock button lights up when pressed, though. I removed and replaced the battery shortly after the incident, and turned it on. The screen worked fine and the computer started up as normal (I did not think to check the power button light or the latch light at this point). After it came up, I moved the pointer to the Disk Utility and clicked, which resulted in the computer locking up (color wheel spinning, system unresponsive). I left it in this state, only to return and find the screen once again dead. Any ideas here? Is this something that I will have to take in for repairs? Thanks for any help you can provide.