Re: iBook G4 wouldn't turn on

In article <1156957426.071743.245020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Nathan Bates" <nathanbates99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My iBook G4 went to sleep automatically then wouldn't turn on.
I held the button for 5..10 seconds, again and again. Nothing!

"the" being short for "Power"? That's not the way to wake it up. Use any
other key.

Taking the battery out and putting back, it turned on!

Next time you need to force a reboot, just use Cmd-Ctrl-Powerkey.

It's running ok now. Was it just a crash?

Sounds like it. It should be in the logs. Launch
/Applications/Utilities/Console to view them. I believe traces of such
system crashes should be in system.log or in /Library/Logs/panic.log.

Or a symptom of an iBook that will die soon (mine is < 1 year old)?

Nothing you said indicates that.

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