Thanks to Bryce McKinlay

[Martin G. Fowler]

on 1/21/03 2:46 PM, Bryce McKinlay at bryce at waitaki.otago.ac.nz wrote:

> 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.
> 
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Thank you Bryce for the reply and the double check of re-set button on back
panel. I did check and, true, it can slip to the side and hold within the
frame. However it is free. I will run another location test on battery when
through with work today.
Best regards,  Martin Fowler