MAC ATTACK • Non-Gaming • Apple, Mac, and iPod • Eurogamer.net

mr-rick 23 Jul 2004 16:54:46 1,044 posts
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okay, so we have this mac g4 (i think) at work. The person who usually uses it is on holiday and I need to get a file off it.

I barely know how to use a mac and don't even seem to be able to turn it on!

I press the power switch on the front which lights up as long as I hold it in, then as soon as i let go the light 'dies' and the machine doesnt' power up.

Am I doing something stupidly basic wrong? Or is the machine funged?

grrr, why can't everyone use PC's....

Nemesis 23 Jul 2004 16:56:13 20,312 posts
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Yep, don't hold the button in.

Press it once, quickly.

just so the microswitch engages. Then step away from the Mac.

It should power on.

mr-rick 23 Jul 2004 16:57:44 1,044 posts
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nope. still keeps dying...

/hopes he's not bust it

Nemesis 23 Jul 2004 16:59:00 20,312 posts
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That's the limit of my knowledge!

I press the button, it comes on.

mr-rick 23 Jul 2004 17:00:04 1,044 posts
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hummm....

might have to just pretend I've never touched it then.

Nemesis 23 Jul 2004 17:01:11 20,312 posts
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Remember. Whistle and look innocent. Now step away from the wreckage.

mr-rick 23 Jul 2004 17:04:04 1,044 posts
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look everyone. A three headed monkey!

/steps away

Nemesis 23 Jul 2004 17:06:40 20,312 posts
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...and slooooooooowly walk to the coffee machine. Remember, don't rush. They can smell your fear. Relax. Breathe. Laugh in a non-threatening manner. Noooooooo, don't tilt back your head. Noooooooo, stop with the hands in pockets and swinging of singular leg in mock nonchalant way.

AND you're back to your desk. Job done. Deny everything. Shoot anyone that saw you touch the machine. Burn down the office just in case.

mr-rick 23 Jul 2004 17:09:20 1,044 posts
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Nemesis wrote:
Burn down the office just in case.

think it's burning down anyway, it's so hot in here....

Nemesis 23 Jul 2004 17:11:04 20,312 posts
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Then your work there is done.

Go home. Relax. You never saw me.

/slides mysteriously out of thread.

City-Sickness 23 Jul 2004 17:56:41 318 posts
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Um, it could be the machine was asleep rather than switched off. Try pressing the space bar, or clicking the mouse.

I used to have a G4 that had problems waking up (ie: it wouldn't), so you might have to do a reset by pressing the button with the triangle on it, below the power button.

Do not fear the Mac, it loves you more than your own mother.

markypants 23 Jul 2004 18:51:35 2,860 posts
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Worse comes to worse, just keep holding down the button the front for quite a while... Then let go. And press again.

Otherwise, it could be asleep (as was said above) and may need just pressing spacebar.

Or it could be broken?

M

otto Moderator 28 May 2007 11:16:19 49,322 posts
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Is the monitor plugged in?

;p