>Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:06:56 -0700 >From: "Timothy A. Seufert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... >A note on the backup battery thing: With some G3 upgrades, you cannot >sleep the machine and switch main batteries unless you are plugged into AC >power, no matter how good the backup battery is. Within a second or two of >removing the main battery, the sleep light will stop blinking, and will >never wake up again. You may have to use the power manager button on back >to get the machine to power up. > >This happens on my 2400 with a Newer 240/1M upgrade. At first I thought it >was the backup battery, but when I removed the backup battery and tested >it, it was in great shape. I later found out (wish I could remember where) >that this is a problem caused by the G3 upgrade. (And come to think of it, >I'd appreciate it if anybody else with a G3 upgrade can tell me if they >have the same problem. I routinely swap batteries in sleep with no problems. But I have the Newer 240/512K. Still, it hardly seems the difference in cache could explain that much of a battery drain... -Rich ======================================================================== Richard Fozzard "Serendipity empowers" Software Artist and Forward Thinker [EMAIL PROTECTED] CU Boulder/CIRES/NOAA/NGDC/GLOBE (303)497-6124 or 444-3168 325 Broadway E/GC1, Boulder, CO 80303 Fax: (303)497-6513 GLOBE Teacher's Guide: http://globe.ngdc.noaa.gov/sda-bin/wt/ghp/tg WebBook Creator page: http://hpcc1.ngdc.noaa.gov/wb/wbcreator.html ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> Dr. Bott LLC | Get a LapBottom with new �GRIPPIER� gripper pads! | http://www.drbott.com/prod/lapbot.html $23.00 Midwest Mac Parts <http://www.midwestmac.com> | After-market parts for Macs. Fix your ticking dock for $59 w/ trade-in of PS. 888-356-1104 PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com
