Technology often acts really strange, and sometimes makes us act strange too.

My three year old Powerbook G4 suddenly got into the habit of turning itself off a few seconds after I turned it on. Technical support told me it’s probably a failure in the power management unit that makes it sensitive to heat.

Since I was in a hurry to get the Mac up and running to meet a deadline that morning, I put it in the refrigerator for five minutes – and voilá, it started! But that was a temporary solution for me – I have now ordered a new MacBook Pro.

Powerbooks in refregerators seem to be “hot” these days: here’s an article about a guy using the same solution to fix his dvd player.

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