On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Jim Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not unusual for a Pismo to behave this way if the PRAM battery has never > been replaced. Yours probably is dead or nearly dead and thus the Pismo has > no startup parameters to check. To get your Pismo to start again, lift the > keyboard and disconnect the PRAM battery. The connector is just to the right > of center at the bottom edge of the keyboard opening. It's a two-wire > connector with one black and one red wire, IIRC. Plug in the Pismo and press > the start button. It should chime and boot. Reconnect the PRAM battery, which > probably has been holding just enough juice to let you start in the past, but > died while you performed thermal paste surgery. Buy a new PRAM battery if you > can't remember ever replacing it, or do this trick whenever it won't start in > the future. Your choice. :^) >
I'll second this suggestion, and would recommend trying it prior to trying to reseat the CPU (as in my suggestion). Kurt -- 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/
