Hi everyone, Thank you all who gave me advices to awake my 2300c. I did try following the suggestions but no success. Regarding replacing the clock battery, I haven't tried opening the 2300c yet. Is there any other way before doing so? Thanks a lot. Terry On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:10:09 -0700 duoman at mac.com writes: > Hey 'List- > > I thought I'd throw in an answer to (Terry's?) question that might > be the key to the whole thing, especially now that Duos are getting > so old: YES a dead clock battery on the motherboard will prevent > booting, prevent the Power Manager reset, prevent ANYTHING from > happening. > > So, if the 30-second PM reset (holding in the button on back with AC > adapter in and removeable battery out) doesn't work, I would make my > next move cracking the beast open and replacing that motherboard > battery. > > Which, of course, is beyond the scope of this email. :) > > Good luck- > David > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >