Smoke coming from iBook G3 power receptacle

JonoX · May 26, 2007

My brother just called me saying that his Dual USB iBook has smoke coming from the power receptacle along with green liquid on the plug. I told him to shut it down

Has anyone seen or heard of this before? He's bringing it over now, but I'm not so sure I want to turn it back on. Maybe just long enough to put it into target disk mode and backup some photos.

Shadow · May 26, 2007

Wow! Do not turn it on. What exactly smokes? Is it the transformer, the power connector, or what? Also, what kind of iBook is it? G3? G4? Dual USB? etc.

JonoX · May 26, 2007

It's a Dual USB iBook. All I know right now is that the smoke comes from the power receptacle.

What the hell would that green liquid be?

hawaiian · Jun 8, 2007

JonoX said:
My brother just called me saying that his Dual USB iBook has smoke coming from the power receptacle along with green liquid on the plug. I told him to shut it down

Has anyone seen or heard of this before? He's bringing it over now, but I'm not so sure I want to turn it back on. Maybe just long enough to put it into target disk mode and backup some photos.

Woah...a capacitor might have popped!! That's a serious problem. Make sure you take proper care!

CanadaRAM · Jun 8, 2007

First: Have they unplugged the adaptor from the wall?
Do that.

NickElls · Jun 9, 2007

It's obvious that the green liquid is radioactive waste. Give your power supply enough time and it will be able to fly.

ajhaji · Jun 9, 2007

Unplug everything (and remove the laptop battery) and call Apple right away.

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