[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: Macbook Air

[CW Smith]

MacBook Air does not have a removable battery, so that won't work.  
I'll check my service manuals on Monday for the PMU reset procedure.

Peace,
CW


On Jul 26, 2008, at 11:24 PM, Arne Quanbeck wrote:

> A few thoughts...
>
> Remove all power from the system and hold down the power key for  
> five seconds.
>
> Try to turn on the machine without the battery.
>
> Power the machine on and press Command-Option-P-R
>
> Try to reset with Command-Ctrl-Power
>
> If none of these work, the problem might be remedied by opening the  
> case and hitting the logic board reset switch. I don't have an Air,  
> but most laptops have some sort of reset switch for the logic board  
> or power manager to get it out of situations like this.
> Arne
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Victoria L. Herring <vlh at herringlaw.com 
> > wrote:
> this happened to me in Philadelphia because the power didn't charge  
> the Air [hotel issue] and it turned itself off and wouldn't start up- 
> ==-- any other ideas.
>
> Well, yesterday my Air wouldn't turn on. I took it in to the shop  
> and they weren't even able to diagnose it because startup would fail  
> within a couple seconds (only the LED would turn on). After they  
> realized it was only two weeks old, they offered to trade it for a  
> brand new one they had in stock. Fortunately there was no data on  
> the "old" one that I needed so I was able to do that and get out of  
> there in just a couple of minutes.
>
> I'm not too sure about these Apples. No hardware failures with PCs  
> for a decade. Two Mac failures in the last six months?!
>
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