I had the same situation with a Wallstreet I got off the swap list. 1. AC and battery = Boot up but date/time was incorrect. 2. Set date/time, shutdown, remove AC and leave battery in = System booted up fine. 3. Shutdown, remove (even for 1 second) and replace battery = No boot. 4. Plug AC back in = boot up but again date/time was incorrect. 5. If I took the machine to work by then time I got back home (1 hour drive) the system would not boot until I plugged in the AC.
I replaced the PRAM battery and now all is well. -----Original Message----- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew D. O'Conner Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:02 AM To: G-Books Subject: 'new' eBay Wallstreet II defective? Just bought a replacement Wallstreet II (300) on eBay and it may be defective. It has 128Mb RAM and is running OS 9.2.2 The PRAM battery is shot, no big surprise here. It will start from the battery (I have two known good ones bought new about one year ago) if it has had the date set while the batteries remain in place. What is a surprise is that it will NOT start from the battery (or batteries) if the battery has been removed for a time (and thus the dates / PRAM info. lost). It does consistently start when plugged in (I have one of the updated, warranty Apple power adapters). Even if the dates are all wrong, it should still start from the battery, shouldn't it? I'm thinking that I may need to return this. I have a newish PRAM battery in another Wallstreet II/300 that just died but I don't want to open up the new one just to test this; if I did that, I'm sure that I could not return it. Suggestions? -- Matthew D. O'Conner, Attorney at Law Seattle, Washington, USA - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
