> Now it is my turn to have my Pismo go dead. It is an upgraded G3 to > G4/550 with 1 Gb RAM and standard otherwise. > > It does nothing--no chime no lights. I think it is getting power thru > the yo-yo since it gets warm on the back side--pretty much as normal. > The battery is minimal so i am sure it is exhausted by now and doesn't > seem to recharge when left overnight. I have tried a few things as > suggested by others--removed keyboard and all looks as normal, > disconnected Pram battery connector to clear battery, (reset switch had > not worked), and plugged in USB keyboard to see if that would bypass > on-off switch. I have not disassembled to check set of components--they > appear OK. > > It was operating as normal and a few days ago, I transferred some files > via the ethernet to my G4 and all was well. My grandson then used it on > the internet and all seemed OK. Thru this operation, I had noticed more > whirring noise from the computer that seemed unusual-- like a fan sound > or maybe the hard drive. It had always been relatively quiet so it made > me wonder but not too significant. > > Then later when I went back--it had gone dark like asleep--but the > noise was still there--it would not restart and the LCD was off--no > lights at all. Since it was late and my granddaughter was ready to go > to bed in the room. I disconnected the computer and moved it to > different room-- the whirring noise would not stop. It was not real > loud but would have been annoying. I assume whatever was causing the > noise was now powered by the remaining battery charge. Next morning all > was quiet and nothing I tried made any difference. > > 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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