may be the least of your problems.
But, a charger for this laptop is readily available from places like www.macsales.com
Your concern is that it is not actually the charger that is the problem. It could be the DC board in the laptop that is the source of the problem.
If you are anywhere near an Apple store, take it in and borrow a charger to see if the symptoms still occur.
Or see if anyone else on campus has a mac with the same type charger.
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Hi,
I have a 1.33 GHz PowerPC G4 (1.2) version 10.4.11 ibook that was purchased in May or June of 2005. Lately, out of the blue, the power chord has stopped working.
The light that indicates the computer is charging goes on for a second and then promptly turns off and stays off; the laptop is then running on battery power; it is almost dead.
When it tries to connect (before turning off) it makes a sound like a lightbulb that is flickering and trying not to die.
This could be an outlet problem, I suppose (I will have my dorm check on that), but think it might have gotten fried when I was home for christmas because our house has ancient outlets and I usually have to use the two prong adapter there.
Not sure of the reason it happened, but what can I do / who can I send it to to fix it? If it cannot be fixed, where can I buy a new one? What would be the rough cost of each?
Thanks!

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