On 10/8/06, Larry Kollar <kollar at alltel.net> wrote: continue to use the laptop on ac with the battery missing? > > You can use the laptop without a battery, just keep it plugged in. > > -- > Larry Kollar k o l l a r @ a l l t e l . n e t > Unix Text Processing: "UTP Revival" > http://unixtext.org/ I have a G4 Powerbook, and if I take out the battery, it won't start up again, even if it is plugged in. Is there something special I need to do first? Thanks, Jean-Paul