Tom-
I've had the exact same problem many times on some desktop Macs at the
school where I teach. It's always been the internal battery.
-Dave
> From: Tom Rymes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:25:01 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Duo 280c - Help please!
>
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Mark Lusted wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please can someone offer me some advice! I recently bought a Duo 280c, and
>> noticed the clock wouldn't stay at the right time - leading me to believe the
>> internal battery was dead. Having tried to start it up this morning nothing
>> happend, just silence. Could it be that the battery has given up, which means
>> it won't startup or is it likely to be something more serious?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mark
>
> I would say that the PRAM battery is definitely Kaput. However, you ought
> to be able to start the machine with the power button on the back of the
> machine. If that doesn't work on the first shot, my 230 would sometimes
> refuse to start, and playing around with the power button on the back and
> the one on the keyboard would invariably get it to power on.
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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