Powering down & removing the battery for a minute or so is the best place to start. That is resetting the PRAM. --- James Paul Manley Albuquerque, New Mexico Jim Manley's Photoshop Elements Page http://www.geocities.com/jim_p_manley/index.html Jim Manley's Photo Retouching Page http://web.mac.com/jamespmanley On Aug 11, 2006, at 9:40 AM, Mary H. wrote: > At 3:36 PM +0100 8/11/06, VICTORIA.DUGGAN wrote: > >>> You might start by powering off and then resetting PRAM by >>> holding down the Apple/Option/P and R keys while starting up. >>> Wait until you hear 3 start-up chimes and then release the keys. >> >> Hi The Ibook 600 does not have a pram battery > > Indeed, iBooks do not have *removable* PRAM batteries. They do > however have a PRAM storage area on the logicboard. So, resetting > is a good first step here.