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Portable chimes but then turns off?

Posted by: Froggy814 on 2026-09-21 18:26:05 I went to power up my Portable after unplugging it and letting the battery discharge, but when the battery got back to full charge it and I powered it up, it just chimes. Stays on for a few seconds and then turns off, before it gets to just the mouse cursor even. I don't know why it would be doing this, but if you have any ideas to help I would appreciate it! I will continue to try with different things unplugged. I hope it's not that bad! And by battery I mean battery eliminator by Androda. Thanks! - Froggy

Posted by: Froggy814 on 2026-09-21 20:32:15 Nevermind. It fixed itself. Weird behavior though...

Posted by: campbellashe on 2026-09-22 13:26:49 Glad it is working again.

Posted by: Froggy814 on 2026-09-22 14:01:29 Me too! I was worried for a second. I hope it doesn't happen again...

Posted by: Solomonfirework on 2026-10-07 01:11:08 Me too but later it become this:

Posted by: campbellashe on 2026-10-07 03:01:37 00000014 / 0000CD36 is a Power Manager communication error. CD36 specifically indicates that during a send to the PMGR, the Mac didn’t see the start of the expected handshake. I’d check the PMGR’s power/reset/clock and the PMREQ*/PMACK* paths between the VIA and M50753 (PMGR), especially for leakage-damaged traces/vias, before assuming the PMGR itself is bad. I’m assuming recap already performed?

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