My iBook Won't Turn On: Problem Solving Tips

[Dagenais]

So here's the (potentially serious) problem:

My iBook turned itself off, and now it won't turn back on again.

That's the problem. I believe I heard noises from the iBook's Hard Drive while I was watching TV, then about a half hour later when I went to surf the net, the iBook's screen was blank. It was not in sleep mode, it was not hibernating - the thing was turned off.

So, I figured I accidently did a shut down. I pressed on button, but the iBook stayed off.

The bottom of the laptop is pretty warm. The battery is completely charged.

What should I try to do? I'm letting it cool down right now...

(It's a dual-USB G3 iBook)

 

[chroot]

It may have overheated and gone into thermal protection. The CPU fan may have failed.

- Warren