Smoke coming from iBook G3 power receptacle

[JonoX]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[NickElls]

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

 

[ajhaji]

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