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Mar 23, 2014 5:37 AM in response to Genevieveruppenthalby Genevieveruppenthal,Have photos and documents to transfer.
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Mar 23, 2014 12:54 PM in response to Genevieveruppenthalby K Shaffer,If you have a second known-good power adapter, you could see if the computer
will react to the suggestions on resetting the Power Management Unit (PMU)
in the Support article below...
•Resetting PowerBook & iBook Power Management Unit (PMU)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1431
And while it may not help, especially if there is hardware damage inside the 'Book
there are times when a reset of the PRAM can help where 'reset PMU' does not.
•About NVRAM and PRAM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Without access to a known-good charged battery, to further test the computer, the
answers diminish somewhat; as recovery of data on its HDD is another task.
So, if the computer is DOA, and unresponsive, you may have to consider removal
of the hard disk drive, to use a USB ATA/IDE drive adapter cable kit, on a bare HDD
to get access to the contents, for retrieval. Or get a correct external housing for
that vintage hard disk drive so you can run a cable to it. This would involve extra
steps, to be sure a housing or powered case, would see the HDD. Also jumper pins
may need to be set, if the HDD were to be used in an enclosure.
{And, IF the PowerBook (PPC) turns out to be a MacBook (intel-based) then see
instruction on "How to reset SMC" http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964 instead.
Also, a different USB wire kit - for SATA HDDs - would be needed, not ATA/IDE}
Not sure if this helps all that much.
Good luck & happy computing!
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