[Ti] TiBook Will Not Boot Unless Reset

[Gerald Buc]

On Feb 5, 2008, at 2/5/08-1:31 54PM, Thomas Fulton wrote:

> just go to ifixit.com.....most likely they will have the battery  
> and the instructions for changing it.....
>
> Tom

ifixit.com says they're out of Stock. Install Difficulty : Very  
Difficult.
Guess I'll live with resets.

Jerry


> On Feb 5, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Michael Byczkowski wrote:
>
>> The internal buffer battery for the PRAM has ran out of capacity,  
>> same
>> happened with my TiBook...
>>
>> The only way to rectify this would be to have this changed by a  
>> service
>> technician, as the battery is most likely soldered directly to the
>> mainboard.
>>
>> Will wait for the next update to the MacBook Pro line and then buy  
>> one, 500
>> MHz G4 is really not that fast anymore... ;-)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>     Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> on 05.02.2008 15:45 Uhr, Bob Fowles at rbf at psu.edu wrote:
>>
>>> I had the same "Reset Problem"  with my original 500Mhz TiBook. Not
>>> sure when it started - maybe 2004 or 2005. Every start after a
>>> shutdown first required depressing the Reset button in the back. I
>>> didn't find that a major problem because I rarely did a shutdown.
>>> When my Firewire port became non-operational in June 2006, I  
>>> bought a
>>> used 500Mhz TiBook and I haven't had the "Reset Problem" with that
>>> one.
>>>
>>> Bob Fowles
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