there is a battery near that button. yes there is a way to hold down the button and make it start a few more times even if that battery is dead but its best to change the battery. the sleep problems are an indication of a low battery. <br><br><b><i>Christina Samuels <casamuels@earthlink.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Thanks so much for all the tips!<br><br>It's definitely not "bonging." Uh oh!<br><br>And, this computer would have some version of OS 9 on it; when it <br>stopped working right (it seems like I recall there was some kind of <br>sleep/wake/freeze problem going on) we got my Mom a Mac Mini, which <br>she's had ever since. I wish I could remember the details of what was <br>happening to it, but it has been a while.<br><br>I think I've read that these computers can have sleep/wake problems; <br>are such things generally hard to fix? I guess it's hard
to really <br>answer that without actually knowing what's wrong with it.<br><br>To answer some other questions:<br>*This computer does have DVD-RAM, so I'm guessing Tiger won't be a <br>problem, should I get to that point.<br>*It has a VGA and a DVI connector<br>*It doesn't have USB 2.0 built in. That would be nice. I wouldn't mind <br>keeping my iTunes library on this computer...if it works!<br><br>So I'll look into the battery and the monitor/keyboard stuff first <br>before I go down the road of ordering new memory and other parts. I <br>really appreciate this; assuming that this poor guy isn't DOA I'm <br>looking at this as a bit of a learning project for me. <br>_______________________________________________<br>G4 mailing list<br>G4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com<br>http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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