Powerbook G4 A1138. Wont do anything, just vibrate
Hi everyone. Im desperate for some help please.... I have a Powerbook G4 A1138. Its recently had the screen bezel removed and the hard drive upgraded. But will no longer turn on, when i plug it in i get a gentle vibration and nothing else. The powerbutton changes nothing at all, it wont turn on and the battery light dont flash or light. This machine means alot to me and i really need it back up and running, but of course not much money! Please help.
Some housekeeping first ... it would help to let people know which Powerbook you have. Not everyone knows that the A1138 is a 1.67Ghz Hi-res Powebook. Also, you can't have OS X 10.6.4 installed on your Powerbook, as the highest PowerPC system is 10.5 Leopard. Perhaps you have 10.5.4?
Now, on to your problem. When you plug it in, you get a gentle vibration? Pushing the on switch does nothing? I have to agree with Criggie, return it to whoever (or you) did the hard drive/bezel work. When working on the hard drive, it's not unusual to not completely hook up the keyboard to logic board cable, or the hard drive cable connection at the logic board. A keyboard to logic board cable issue would prevent the 'on' power button from working. But the vibration when you plug it the power adapter is odd ... can you at least localize where the vibration is coming from?
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