That's actually my next step here. Granted, the PMUs of the Pismo and Lombard are different and we may be comparing Apples and, um, Apples, but I'll let you know what I find out. …

Unfortunately, Battery Reset doesn't work on the Pismo. So we don't have that avenue of hope.

Having retrieved my old battery from my office, I tried it. It will charge! (though it only lasts for a few minutes without the AC adapter plugged in). Nonetheless it does charge, …

Okay I contacted the retailer that I got my battery from and I was told to send it in to be tested. It turned out to be bad and I got a new battery. Now after a couple of months o…

interesting thread... i noticed by pismo battery showed a full charge after updating to panther... of about an hour (about half of what it used to be). i assumed my battery was dy…

I wear a jacket with fleece lining. I take it off when I get into my room and I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks. Is there anything that I can do to stop thi…

You'll be shocked either way. When you were fleece you end up building up a static charge, and it must be discharged someway or another. You can discharge it by touching a door h…

Spray your jacket with static guard. The spark might still be there, but not as bad.

Quote: I *ALWAYS* get shocked when I first touch my PowerBooks.[/b] Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy.

That cant be good for the PB is it?

What if I get a humidifier? Would that decrease the static electricity due to the humidity in the air?

Quote: Originally posted by selowitch: Think of all the money you'll save on shock therapy. LOL

this has happened to me twice this winter... went to open my pb, a small shock, and... kernel panic! had to restart. now i just touch everything else first... (before going near …

I find that you can usually discharge yourself by touching one of the screws on a light switch. I usually do that, or just make sure that I touch my PC first. And yes, a humidif…

I had a fleece jacket once but I kept getting shocked too. I ditched the jacket. Meh!

I just bought my first Mac, a 17" 1.33 powerbook from an Apple Store. When I bought it the Apple salesman said it is a revision B. How do I check the revision ? Are there any big d…

In this case, the Rev A 17" is 1 GHz and the Rev B is 1.33GHz, so you have a Rev B. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Quote: Originally posted by rprata: In this case, the Rev A 17" is 1 GHz and the Rev B is 1.33GHz, so you have a Rev B. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. For the o…

Normally, when there's a speed upgrade in the PB, it's consider another revision... the rev.A 17" PB was 1GHZ, the rev.B is 1.33GHZ. And also because if a new product has some pr…

My screen was perfect (except for a little ripple at the bottom which I understand why and accepts). But recently I notice the lower left started to be darker compare to the rest …

Yep. It comes and goes. It was good the past couple of days, but today it went back to being dim and uneven again. Like you, I need at least 4 bars to be able have the same brightn…

Thanks for you input, Rain. The uneven illumination is very annoying now, when I move a window around the screen I can actually see it's color changed. Just called Apple Support …

Just a follow up post to the topic. I got it into a Apple Service Provider in Hong Kong and they replace the LCD panel in six days (parts shipped from Singapore). They said it is…

Please keep us posted about your repair! There are a lot of owners with 15" PBs having the same problem. Sadly, it seems to recur even after a screen replacement, at least on the…

My revB 12" PB seems to have developed a faulty combo-drive . It stutters during DVD playback (the powerbook still responds, just the DVD playback stutters), I have huge problems …