Electrocution from my Powerbook - anyone ever get this?
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Electrocution from my Powerbook - anyone ever get this?
I might be crazy, but I would swear that my powerbook is giving me lots of little shocks as I use it. It's an old 667mhz 15" (2002, actually, but old in terms of being decrepit and outdated). I'm using a usb mouse and typing very carefully, but still a bunch of little tingles.
Anyone ever have an experience like this?
I've been thinking about moving on soon anyway, since I'd like to be able to use more than 8 plugins at a time, etc.
Anyone ever have an experience like this?
I've been thinking about moving on soon anyway, since I'd like to be able to use more than 8 plugins at a time, etc.
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I have the same PowerBook. I don't record with it anymore, but when I did I would get shocked if I was recording my guitar through an old ungrounded amp. If I was touching the guitar strings I had to be careful not to touch the Titanium PB at the same time. Sometimes I would forget and have my left hand holding the guitar around the neck/strings and adjusting some stuff on the PB with my right hand -- ZAP!!
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yes i noticed this too with my 12" powerbook and I figured out it's a grounding issue. If you are grounded (touching something big and metal) and you are using the square power adapter without the grounded extension cord you get shocked. If you stick in the grounded extension cord (the 3 prong one) you don't get shocked.
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Hey dirtmachinge.
There are a lot of discussions about this same issue over on the Apple Support site.
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jsp ... Go&q=shock
There are a lot of discussions about this same issue over on the Apple Support site.
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jsp ... Go&q=shock
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Wow, that was invaluable. I'm NOT crazy!!!death by chandelier wrote:Hey dirtmachinge.
There are a lot of discussions about this same issue over on the Apple Support site.
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jsp ... Go&q=shock
Appreciate the replies. Incidentally, as I type, I am running on the battery only and still getting it.
An upgrade has been a long time coming and this pretty much makes it an immediate concern. Thinking about building a pc and switching from DP to PT...
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