Laptop wont power on first time

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Laptop wont power on first time

I have this bizzarre problem with my now 4 day old macbook. The first time I turn it on the screen flickers, the white sleep light illuminates and then well nothing. So I press the power button and hold it until it turns off. I then power it on again and it boots. This happens everytime I power my macbook on. Google tells me its not common. Any suggestions?

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 21, 2007 12:30 PM

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Answer 1

yaume

Level 3

655 points

Sep 21, 2007 12:54 PM in response to Elliot Stokes

Quite odd. No harm in trying an SMC reset:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
Hope this helps,

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Answer 2

First Magus

Level 7

21,278 points

Sep 21, 2007 2:18 PM in response to Elliot Stokes

If it keeps doing it return it. There is a 14 day return policy so you can get it replaced. If the SMC reset doesn't work try resetting the PRAM also.

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Answer 3

Sep 22, 2007 12:49 AM in response to Elliot Stokes

I have looked into this and it only seems to happen when running off battery power. Ive reset PRAM and NVRAM and reset the power managment and it seems to make no difference.

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