[Ti] Very faulty Ti Was: Alex a change in topic...

[Bryce McKinlay]

On Wednesday, Jan 22, 2003, at 08:01 Pacific/Auckland, Lisbeth Zachs 
wrote:

>> Well, I've been putzing around since, learning different stuff and 
>> went off
>> into a "location" last week to use the G4 on battery. It was 100% 
>> charged
>> yet kept giving itself a "vasectomy". Each time it shut down data not 
>> saved
>> was lost; each time I had to re-set clock & date. This went on for 
>> two hours
>> whether I was typing, saving, closing the lid, shutting down 
>> "properly" or
>> not ... blackness.


If you have one of the earlier models of G4 (say 400/500/550/667 Mhz), 
there is a small reset button on the back panel which can get "stuck" 
behind the case and jammed into the on position. If this happens the 
symptoms can be very similar to what you describe.

See the following URL:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88095

Bryce.