Hi Mad Dog and Doc Clu, Thank you for replying. I tried to remove the battery but could not start the 2300c; tried to charge the battery for one night then tried to start with the battery; still no success. Terry On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 06:49:00 -0400 Lisa & Tom P <gionpeters at comcast.net> writes: > >Hi listers, > >The last ime I shut down my 2300c was a few months ago. I should > have > >removed the battery before I left but I forgot to do so. Yesterday, > I > >turned my 2300c, nothing happened, no chime, no sound, no light, > nothing > >showing it's alive. I checked the AC adapter:it's good. Could some > one > >walk me through to detect what's wrong and how to fix it. Thank you > in > >advance. > >Terry > > Remove the main battery and see if it boots. Sometimes a main > battery can get so funky it can prevent a boot. > > Mad Dog > _______________________________________________ > DuoList mailing list > DuoList at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/duolist > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > >