Peter, it is no problem to take apart the Wallstreet and unplug or re-install a PRAM battery. It is not as much bother as it looks at the first glance. It takes me about 30 minutes to take the Wally apart and put it back together. If you follow the iFixIt guide picture by picture it is really easy to do. Obviously it helps if you have some experience with screwdrivers, screws and electronic components. If you are careful there is nothing really to break.
PLEASE don´t cut the wire. It won´t do you anything good. You will be stuck with a dead ended wire in the PMU and a dead battery underneath your palmrest. Probably it won´t change anything. The non-starting issue might also be caused by a confused (or bad) PMU (power management unit). Indications for that are a lit green sleep light and a running fan as soon as you connect power with a battery inserted. If it is just a confused PMU, disconnect the AC adapter, remove the main battery and let it sit over night (8-12 hours). After that, just connect the AC adapter and try to start. See what happens and report back here. Regards Roland Am 10.02.2011 um 12:37 schrieb Peter Goertzen: > My 300 MHz Wallstreet has suddenly gone stone-dead. No startup chime, no > nothing. The main battery shows all four lights, and it's been able to start > the machine up recently. I've tried cmd-func-shift-pwr and all the other > things I know about, but so far nothing's worked. Somebody suggested > unplugging the PRAM battery (which has been dead for probably five years by > now), which some research indicated would be a reasonable thing to try. > > So I found instructions for replacing the PRAM battery on ifixit.com. It > just looks like a lot of bother! I can see the battery and cable under the > palmrest when I take the main battery out, but there's no obvious way to > unplug it without actually following the directions. Am I stuck with that, > or is there an easy way to pull the plug? Would cutting the wire accomplish > the same thing as unplugging, or would I just be risking a short-circuit? > > -Peter > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
