[X4U] Re: PRAM Battery Research & Test

[Charles Howse]

On Jun 1, 2008, at 1:33 AM, Ed Gould wrote:

> I am not, because just look at the example WINDOWS (not to compare  
> it with APPLE).
> I will have to agree somewhat that if the design specs calls for  
> replacing a battery every so often then there *SHOULD* be a clear  
> message at Boot up (or when the failure occurs) indicating that the  
> battery *MUST* be replaced ASAP *AND* if that is indeed the case it  
> should be easily accessible for *ANYONE* to do so. Anything else and  
> you are back to windows mentality. Macintosh's are designed to be  
> user friendly and displaying a simple message at boot time is simple  
> and straight forward. What I cannot address is if it fails during  
> use.  That means some smarts that need to be in the firmware and the  
> software to recognize the failure.


I'm getting in on this thread a little late, so forgive me if this has  
already been discussed.

I haven't had to do any MB maintenance on my PowerMac yet.  I'm a  
switcher, and haven't taken a close look at the MB.  Are we talking  
about the nickel-sized battery that keeps the clock running (among  
other things) when the computer's off?

If so, in the Windows world, a sure sign the the battery is gone is  
that the computer can't find the Hard Drive when booting, and after  
replacement, we would have to go through the BIOS and re-configure it.

What, if anything, has to be done after replacing the PRAM battery on  
a MAC?

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Thanks,
Charles
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