From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 In-Reply-To: <14306.21109.970188.33759@cpu.wpi.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:10:56 +0200 To: Josh Huber , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: Lombard shuts itself off Message-Id: <19990917181056.027066@mailhost.mipsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Fri, Sep 17, 1999, Josh Huber wrote: >It's almost as if the battery gets disconnected sometimes: >I put the machine to sleep in MacOS, unplug the power strip, put it in my case, >and walk around with it for a while, open the case up, and...oh look at that >the led isn't blinking any more! > >Then, the same thing started happening with linux... > >It gets to a point where I can't get the machine to boot again without putting >the power plug back in. > >I was suspicious of a faulty battery bay, so I (temporarily) moved the battery >over to the other bay last night -- we'll see how that works. I have a similar problem with my wallstreet. It seems to survive quite well when travelling with in bag, but when working with it on my knees, A brutal move sometimes disconnects the battery. There is still a possibility of a problem with PMU communication. This beast is quite sensitive to various timing issues, and when something goes wrong, it shuts the machine down abruptly. -- Perso. e-mail: Work e-mail: BenH. Web : ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/