If you’re getting odd hardware errors with a Mac laptop, try the old voodoo trick of a power manager reset<\/b> before you assume it has a mechanical fault. For instance, recently I started getting “Error Code 0x8002006E” when I tried to burn a DVD. This code is supposed to report a bad blank disc–but if you get the message no matter what you have in your drive, that obviously isn’t your problem. <\/p>\n
The specific instructions for a power manager reset vary by model, but it involves turning off the machine, unplugging it and taking out the battery, and holding down a certain key combination for a few seconds. (On newer models, the secret key is mercifully just the power button.)<\/p>\n
Here are step-by-step instructions for various models of: If you’re getting odd hardware errors with a Mac laptop, try the old voodoo trick of a power manager reset before you assume it has a mechanical fault. For instance, recently I started getting “Error Code 0x8002006E” when I tried to burn a DVD. This code is supposed to report a bad blank disc–but if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fox-gieg.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n68K Macs<\/a>
\nPPC Macs<\/a>
\nIntel Macs<\/a> (note that the Power Manager is called the “System Manager” now)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"