Well, turns out exactly like I thought... just needed a LOT of time off to reset - apparently when the comp is shut off it freaks out about having no clock battery, partially corrupts the PRAM, then when you try to turn it on, it has a heart attack. So I left it off overnight, it completely cleared the PRAM, and turned it back on... Ding.
No leaking battery... in fact, I've never seen, in all the 10+ mostly-dead Macs I've seen, a leaking battery at all... maybe I'm just lucky :-) > Pilot wrote: > > >Well... like I said... no money to get a new battery... and I had left it for a > >while... i used to have to leave it for 10 minutes or so, then it'd come back on. > >But here's Aaron. > >http://www.mac.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=86&ttitle=Aaron_[extension]_[FAT] > >I love mac.org. It used to by my main site for downloading Mac stuff... > >...then I had it all downloaded. > > > >Maybe I'll try fiddling with things on the board... maybe, like the last post > >said... it's something that came loose. > > > > > > If the last link for sim020 fails try > http://web.archive.org/web/20010617100545/http://www.mirror.ac.uk/collections/hensa-micros/local/mac/emulators/ > Thanks for the link > Pickles FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml has a list of things to check. > Basicly ram and rom seating. I've seen to many leaking caps or batterey > damage cause this rather than dirty pins but its a good place to start. > > > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
