[G4] freeze/clock problems

[Robert Lyall]

Sounds like a dead battery on your motherboard.


Shelley Huston wrote:

> My G4, 450, 256k (AGP) has been having odd problems since I installed 
> OS X and updated to 10.2.4.  I ran 9.2.2 for several months and didn't 
> have this problem.  It acts like the battery is dead which it may be.  
> For no particular reason and at no predictable time, the computer will 
> freeze and the time and date will be reset.  The year may be 1904 or 
> it may be something else later.  1904 is the usual year.  The power 
> hasn't been disrupted.  I might be in the middle of something or it 
> might be asleep.  It may occur once in a week or it may occur twice a 
> day.  The computer probably hasn't been without power for more than 10 
> minutes since I took it out of the box whenever that was.  When did 
> they sell these early downgraded G4s?
>
> I don't mind replacing the battery but I wonder if something else is 
> happening.  Does anyone have a suggestion?  Thanks for your help.
>
> Shelley Huston, sihuston at myepath.com
>
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