<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>thank you for that info, nick!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>nk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:18 AM, Nick Scalise wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva">Could be you need a new PRAM battery, dead ones usually prevent booting.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Geneva; min-height: 12.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva">Here's an example of one:</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Geneva; min-height: 12.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva"><<A href="http://www.ifixit.com/cart/customer/product.php?productid=1120&cat=&page=1">http://www.ifixit.com/cart/customer/product.php?productid=1120&cat=&page=1</A>></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Geneva; min-height: 12.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva">Plus the same site has install instructions:</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Geneva; min-height: 12.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva"><<A href="http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/PowerBook-G3-Pismo/PRAM-Battery">http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/PowerBook-G3-Pismo/PRAM-Battery</A>></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Geneva; min-height: 12.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva">Good luck.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva">--</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva">Nick Scalise</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>