[X4U] X4U Digest, Vol 70, Issue 21

[Ed Graf]

Cheryl,

I have a 2001(?) Pismo laptop that is rarely used.  I must plug it in for a couple of hours before it will boot.  Works fine after that.  I have heard that there is a PRAM type battery, in addition to your real battery, that, when discharged, takes a while to charge before allowing a boot.

FWIW, old technology may or may not apply in your case.

Hope it helps your friend.

Ed
On Jun 22, 2010, at 12:00 PM, x4u-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

> I had her plug in the computer and it still didn't work. but I had her leave it for a while and then it worked both plugged in and on battery. She has restarted it several times since then and it seems to be OK so I really don't know what the problem was.