[G4] g4 won't start- any ideas

[John McG]

On Oct 23, 2006, at 7:59 PM, g4- 
request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:59:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: bill ritchey <britchey11 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [G4] g4 won't start- any ideas
>
>
> heres the run down-
> ist it wouldn't start so i replaced the pram battery
>   then after a few weeks it wouldn't start again, this time i  
> pressed the button next to the battery & it started
>   a few hours later i accidently turned off the power switch to the  
> box that the machine runs from & the machine ofcourse turned off.  
> now it won't start, even after i pressed the little button next to  
> the battery again. any ideas?  thanks   bill
>
>
Try this, unplug the unit & remove the battery, wait a few hours push  
the button, reinstall battery & restart.
Some early G4's had problems with the front start button failing.  
they will start from a keyboard with a power buttton tho.

John

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