Titanium has loose connection somewhere

[Peter Briggs]

Kaveh <kaveh@delete_this.focalimage.com> wrote:

> I have a G4 Titanium, 800MHz. Somewhere there is a loose connection
> which cuts out the battery supply momentarily. If the poer adaptor is
> not connected, this has the effect of pulling the plug.
>
> I notice that I can make this happen by holding the two sides (thumbs on
> the speakers, say) and twisting the computer gently.
>
> I opened the back, and the only thing I could see slightly loose was a
> connection clip holding the built-in Airport card. I tightened that but
> not sure it has made any difference.
>
> Any ideas please?

Sounds like a prob I had on an early PB Ti. Looks like your battery is
falling out, and the thing's cutting out.

[Kaveh]

Peter Briggs <pete@camshaft.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Kaveh <kaveh@delete_this.focalimage.com> wrote:
>

[...]

>
> Sounds like a prob I had on an early PB Ti. Looks like your battery is
> falling out, and the thing's cutting out.

It's only about a year old. It's a second generation Ti.

Well, the battery is not literally falling out, if that's what you mean.
I looked at the connections there and they are quite hefty. Or maybe
that's an illusion. Maybe one of the pins is not connecting properly.

--
Kaveh

[Richard Chang]

In article <1g027oe.1dchjhy1ug780aN%kaveh@delete_this.focalim age.com>,
[email]kaveh@delete_this.focalimage.com[/email] (Kaveh) wrote:

>
> It's only about a year old. It's a second generation Ti.
>
> Well, the battery is not literally falling out, if that's what you mean.

On the first generation Ti, twisting the frame causes the battery to
be disconnected and shuts down the computer. The battery doesn't have to
fall out for this to happen. Your description of the problem sounds very
much like the old problem. If it's the same problem, you can try getting
the battery to sit tighter using some electrical tape or heat-shrink
tubing:

<http://home.comcast.net/~chang/PBG4Fix/>

Good luck.

-R.