I assume you've tried sleeping/waking after booting with extensions
disabled?
Kris Feldmann
Thus wrote C & H Calatrello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:36:49 +0000
> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Will A 2300 Motherboard Upgrade & Repair my
> 280c?
>
> >> I took it to Radio Shack and had them hook up a (I think) voltimeter (sp?) -
> >> a handheld device with a gauge, wires, and probes. The battery tested well
> >> within the now unremembered specs from the computer's service manual.
> >>
> >> Furthermore the program, MyBattery, indicates full charge and its History
> >> window graphs battery temperatures as well as charge conditions between
> >> plugging in the adapter and turning on the machine.
> >
> > The battery could still be bad. Test the voltage under a load of
> > some sort (a fan, for instance).
>
> That's a good idea and I'll do it Wednesday. But I don't think a bad
> battery would account for the fact that the machine will not awaken from
> sleep mode when the adapter is plugged in.
>
> The machine boots properly from the adapter except after it has fallen
> asleep. Any attempt after more than literally a couple of minutes to awaken
> the Duo from sleep results in a cessation of the blinking green light.
> After that has happened, the machine has to be started from the reset
> button.
>
> Such a reset occasionally results in the eight-tone, but oddly cheery,
> chimes of death. The eight tones supposedly indicate bad RAM (I have 24mb
> installed), however I've run Newer Gauge Ramometer for about 13 hours
> overnight with not a single error returned.
>
> Additionally, my experiments with putting the system to sleep and using the
> PowerBook Setup control panel (it's running 7.6.1) to force an automatic
> wake-up resulted in similar crashes requiring reset button booting.
>
> I'd hoped a new PRAM battery would fix all this. I'd be thrilled if this
> were a main battery problem. Much easier than a motherboard swap.
>
> Chris
>
> >
> > Mad Dog
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