[DuoList] The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

[Scott Warnock]

Could it be that a dead PRAM battery is not allowing it to start?


On Mar 27, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Clark Martin wrote:

> Hung Doan wrote:
>> So after all my complaints and pouting, I'm back on track trying to  
>> get this 2400c working.
>> Good news: I got a new Powerboard and it seemed to help my 2400c  
>> for a bit. Whenever I put my Comet to sleep, it'd wake up ready to  
>> work and the battery fully works and all.
>> Bad news: After leaving it unplugged for one week, it won't power  
>> on anymore. I do PMU reset (holding the button in the back)  
>> overnight (not me, I used an object and fixed it against a book)  
>> and it still doesn't power up.
>> Ugly: I thought I'd take out the battery and leave the plug in and  
>> power on. Instead it sounds like it wants to turn on but it buzzes  
>> for a few seconds, then fails to do anything.
>> What's going on? I think the Backup battery is tanked but shouldn't  
>> the Powerbook battery still charge? I think the machine is confused  
>> about how to charge and the battery is not charging. Any advice/ 
>> thoughts?
>> It doesn't have enough power to even get to GLOD I think :-) Anyhow  
>> any advice is appreciated. Thanks!
>
> You can try this, it's worked for me on other PowerBooks.  Pull the  
> adapter connector, pull the battery then hit the power on button.   
> Now plug in the power adapter and hit start.  Once the computer is  
> starting up (hopefully) then put the battery back in.
>
>
> -- 
> Clark Martin
> Redwood City, CA, USA
> Macintosh / Internet Consulting
>
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