Originally Posted by
AADJ
What were your seat #'s. Maybe it was just enough voltage on the 2nd flight to run it and on the 1st flight you were farther from the generators so the voltage was just a little lower below the threshold that the computer needs. I have a frat bro who is a liason eng. on the 777 line in Everett. I should ask him, although all the seats and stuff are put in by someone else I think.
Sounds plausible. On my first flight I was in 13E, and the second 9A. I also returned in 9A, again with no problems. I was also OK on an MD80 in 5A, but have had mixed experience in the past.
I will keep a note of the seats in future, to see whether there is a pattern.