on 05/03/05 16:24, John Collins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And i agree, if I was not happy with Pismo, I would just sell it and > move on... but can anybody answer my question about the Pram battery? > > snip > "I am looking for suggestions--one possibility that was mentioned in a > previous post was that a bad Pram battery could cause it to go dead. Is > this true? I always thought that a bad battery would just show up in > clock, etc. If it could just be the battery causing the entire problem, > that might be the place to start. I do not have components for swapping > so that option is not readily available. > > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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