Luckily (in a way?) I only cut the top two wires during the first teardown, which gave me the alternating green light and click. I cut the second two wires during the second teardown. My current plan is to let the PowerBook sit with the battery out, backup battery disconnected, and unhooked from AC power for about two weeks. I will disassemble it then, replace the two bottom yellow wires, and test it out of its case. I'll also check for lose solders on the connectors. If it doesn't work then, I'll start looking for blown fuses and components that might need replacing. Thanks for the help everyone, and I'll keep the list posted on my progress. On 11/11/03 11:47 AM, "B G" <briang113 at yahoo.com> wrote: > You only wanted to cut two wires, definetly not four. > > Replace or repair the two on the underside of the > board. -- Chuck Kenney FreeFall Software http://www.freefallsoftware.com/ "please leave! he just liquidated my hand!" -- balarsh