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I’m on the Dell

Published June 13th, 2006 in Miscellaneous | 3 Comments »

Okay, so I’m back on PC for a while. My iBook finally crapped out completely today, after having been, shall we say, unstable, for the last week or so. The power plug refused to recognize the power supply, much less charge any battery, so finally, it just died on me.

Hopefully, I should have it back by next week. While I’m having it repaired anyway, I’m throwing on a new keyboard. Some of the letters had been worn off my old one, so I figured what the hell. And all they want for a new DC port and the keys? A mere $250 will do it. Yikes.

I’ve Got the Power … Not

Published June 12th, 2006 in Miscellaneous | 2 Comments »

A few months ago, I was unlucky enough to trip on the powercord to my iBook. The plug got half-way pulled out and looked a little mangled, but it still seemed to work fine. Until about a week ago, when it started going on and off, making my laptop switch from plugged in to battery mode every couple of seconds. And only with very careful manipulation, could I get it to go into charge-mode.

So, after unsuccessfully trying to fiddle the plug back into its original shape, I went out and bought a new power supply. I plugged it in and everything seemed to be working. Until today. After moving my computer from the office to the bedroom and back, it suddenly went back to switching modes and not charging. This points to something being off inside the powerplug on the computer itself. Which sucks beyond description.