Many Macintoshes show that symptoms (or very simmilar ones) when the
PRAM battery is dead. If that is the case, you can test it this way:
power it on, wait about 10-15 seconds, and then rapidly switch it off an
on, leaving it powered off for about 1/2 or 1/3 of a second. If the
computer boots fine the second time, the problem is certainly with the
PRAM battery. To get on-topic (this is the First PowerMacs list, you
know ;-) ), I have to double-power my 6100 since its PRAM battery (the
3.6 V. 1/2 AA kind) is dead and I haven't been able to find a
replacement in my town. Anyway, Color Classics and even 540s are best
covered in our sister Compact Macs list
(http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml).
Greetings,
Antonio Rodríguez (Grijan)
<ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/>
Janice Freeman escribió:
I have a Color Classic that sat at school over the summer last year
and would not start up at all when I got back. It worked fine all
school year. I get nothing but silence and a black screen. Could the
pram battery be causing this? I have the same problem with another
all-in-one Mac...a 540, I think.
Thanks,
Janice
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