on 19/05/04 22:48, Clyde Kahrl at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My daughter is running the fully current Panther on a 333 > Lombard with 512MbRAM. Her battery will run until it says > (roughly) 30 minutes left and then goes to sleep for lack of battery > support. (I have tried running that battery reset program again and > again and I can't get the 30 min shutdown to stop.) > > So after this happens, the computer will neither restart nor > shut down and the only way to get the computer to actually shut down > is to hit the reset button on the back. After that, OSX will not > start but gives the slash sign. The only way to get the computer up > is to plug it in, hit the on button, hold down the "C" key to kick > open the CD drive, put in an OS9 boot CD--by now OSX has given a > slash sign even tho the "C" key was down--then hit the reset button > (this is the only way to get it off) hit the start button, hold the > "C" key down, boot from the OS9 CD, set the startup disk to the OSX > partition and reset the clock. hit restart. (what is really odd is > that it will not restart from the OS9 partition, and, for some > reason, OSX will not restart until you bless the folder from the CD) > > Is there any way to rescue the semi-shutdown computer without > having to go through these machinations?
Did you have the battery for some time? It sounds as if the battery is shut and the Lombard go into a deep sleep, possibly causing a problem with system files that are left in an opened state, which might cause the restart problem. Does it do the same thing on AC? -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bug-compatible adj.: [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. "MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as apath separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0." -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
