On Nov 29, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Nancy Haitz wrote:
> > In the various classic OSs we could tell our PRAM battery was getting > weak because the computer would lose track of the date and time. I > discovered yesterday that no longer happens in OSX. At least it does > not if you use the "set date and time automatically" tick-box in the > System Preferences. > > I put a computer to sleep on Wednesday night. It was OFF and it > refused to boot on Friday morning. Apparently the PRAM battery was too > far gone to boot it. > > Does anybody know what if anything, in OSX, warns us that the internal > battery needs replacing? I haven't found anything for my Quicksilver Dual 1GHz. I was hoping iStat or iStat Menues from iSlayer.com had something, but I believe its battery check is for Notebook style Macs which may have built-in sensors for their power batteries ... not PRAM ones. > > Nancy > > PS: I also discovered that Radio Shack no longer sells PRAM batteries > (at least here in central Ohio). I was able to find them at Batteries > Plus (which appears to be a national chain). You're lucky ... they still do here ... the ones I usually bought at RadioShack are made in Iraq and they doubled in price this last year ... sold for $21 ... I didn't realize what I had paid, until I had popped open the container, and then they wouldn't take it back. RS weren't very apologetic for their pricing either ... you did good going somewhere else, IMHO. OWC (macsales.com) use to sell NewerTech ones for around $6. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
