On Saturday, February 22, 2003, at 11:37 AM, Shelley Huston wrote: > My G4, 450, 256k (AGP) has been having odd problems since I installed > OS X and updated to 10.2.4. It acts like the battery is dead which it > may be. If you have never changed the battery in the 450, it must be on it's way out by now. RadioShack has them for $10 -$14. The date thing usually indicates a dead battery. Good luck, groucho