[G4] Mirror Door G4 dual 1 GHz power problems

[Dan A. Currie]

Jim Robertson wrote:
> 1. Computer won't start up from the "power up" button unless I pull and
> reinsert the power cord.
> 2. When I do this, it often reverts to an ancient date (1967 as I recall).
> 3. The PCI ethernet card is reporting an enormous number of recvd errors in
> Network Utility.
>
> I've zapped PRAM, replaced the PRAM battery (but found there's still 3.7
> volts in the original battery after doing so), and reset the motherboard,
> yet all problems persist.
>
> Is it time to give up on this box? It has an upgraded video card that
> supports two monitors, 2 Gigs of RAM, and a 250 Gbyte hard drive, so I don't
> want to toss it if it's salvageable, but I don't know what to try next.
>
> Currently it's running OS X 10.5.0 (it cannot download the combined 10.5.6
> updater because of the ethernet traffic errors; it typically gives up
> because of network problems HOURS into the download attempt.
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Jim Robertson
>   
Have you replaced the on-board battery lately?