I did disconnect the PRAM battery and found that the Powerbook wouldn't start neither.
On 6 Apr., 02:00, Sarah Crabbleapple <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you disconnect the PRAM battery? You mentioned it, but not sure if you > tried that. They work well without them. > > Sarah > On Apr 5, 2012 7:49 PM, "Maverique" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > Today i got my hands on a Pismo, 400 MHz, Powerbook. While being quite > > dirty on the keyboard, it over wise looked good. Was told by the > > seller the battery of it was dead, well it was more then dead, it > > didn't even exist. > > > Now i hooked it up at home, won't start, no light, nothing. One thing > > is sure the PRAM Battery is dead or on low voltage. Any idea how to > > maybe get a sign of live out of it? > > Listing to both it's P-Brick and the one from my working Powerbook > > 1400 didn't gave clues to a short circuit. > > > -- > > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.htmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://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/
