• When the magnetic power thing on my Macbook

    From Kurt Ullman@kurtullman@yahoo.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 13:51:31
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    gets pulled out while the computer is on, can I just plug it back in or
    should I power down to avoid a surge or other nasty event?
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  • From Garner Miller@garner@netstreet.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 13:53:08
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    In article <kurtullman-3B6537.09513020042006@news.west.earthlink.net>,
    Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:

    gets pulled out while the computer is on, can I just plug it back in or should I power down to avoid a surge or other nasty event?

    Nope, you can plug it right back in. No reason at all to shut down.

    --
    Garner R. Miller
    Clifton Park, NY =USA=
    http://www.garnermiller.com/
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  • From Kurt Ullman@kurtullman@yahoo.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 15:02:08
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    In article <200420060953084001%garner@netstreet.net>,
    Garner Miller <garner@netstreet.net> wrote:

    In article <kurtullman-3B6537.09513020042006@news.west.earthlink.net>,
    Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:

    gets pulled out while the computer is on, can I just plug it back in or should I power down to avoid a surge or other nasty event?

    Nope, you can plug it right back in. No reason at all to shut down.

    Thought so, but thought I'd check before something got fried.. Thanks.
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  • From John McWilliams@jpmcw@comcast.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 09:24:25
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    Kurt Ullman wrote:
    In article <200420060953084001%garner@netstreet.net>,
    Garner Miller <garner@netstreet.net> wrote:


    In article <kurtullman-3B6537.09513020042006@news.west.earthlink.net>,
    Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> wrote:


    gets pulled out while the computer is on, can I just plug it back in or >>>should I power down to avoid a surge or other nasty event?

    Nope, you can plug it right back in. No reason at all to shut down.

    Unless you're booted in to 'Doze!*


    Thought so, but thought I'd check before something got fried.. Thanks.

    * Kidding, I think. Don't have bootcamp installed, but going to
    Parallels soon.

    On my MBP, I've plugged and unplugged the power supply dozens of times.

    The only wierdness I have experienced is pulling it out of my carrying
    case and finding it extremely hot; I shut the top when somthing was
    running and it must have kept the HD spinning or something.

    --
    john mcwilliams

    I know that you believe you understood what you think I said, but I'm
    not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
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  • From shamino@shamino@techie.com (David C.) to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 21:15:31
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    John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> writes:

    On my MBP, I've plugged and unplugged the power supply dozens of times.

    Any laptop that doesn't allow you to hot-plug the power cable would be
    an extremely brain-dead design. I don't think I've ever seen such a
    computer in the 15+ years I've been around laptops.

    The only wierdness I have experienced is pulling it out of my carrying
    case and finding it extremely hot; I shut the top when somthing was
    running and it must have kept the HD spinning or something.

    That's bad. It's supposed to go to sleep when the lid is closed. Check
    your Energy Saver preference panel to make sure this isn't disabled. I
    know it can't be disabled on an iBook (without some hacking), but I
    think some PowerBooks do support this mode of operation. Perhaps the
    MBP does too.

    -- David
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  • From John McWilliams@jpmcw@comcast.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, April 20, 2006 14:49:16
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    David C. wrote:
    John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> writes:

    On my MBP, I've plugged and unplugged the power supply dozens of times.


    Any laptop that doesn't allow you to hot-plug the power cable would be
    an extremely brain-dead design. I don't think I've ever seen such a
    computer in the 15+ years I've been around laptops.


    The only wierdness I have experienced is pulling it out of my carrying
    case and finding it extremely hot; I shut the top when somthing was
    running and it must have kept the HD spinning or something.


    That's bad. It's supposed to go to sleep when the lid is closed. Check
    your Energy Saver preference panel to make sure this isn't disabled. I
    know it can't be disabled on an iBook (without some hacking), but I
    think some PowerBooks do support this mode of operation. Perhaps the
    MBP does too.

    Energy saver was set fine for battery use, but discoverd energy saver
    was "never" for power-corded use. Probably I set it to that when I was importing my user settings from G-5, and didn't change it back. And I
    may have closed the case still "attached", although that's not my normal procedure.

    In short, thanks for the tip, 's'probably it.

    --
    john mcwilliams

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