PeterH wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2008, at 5:43 AM, Nancy Haitz wrote: > >> Does anybody know what if anything, in OSX, warns us that the internal >> battery needs replacing? > > Certainly, the machine losing its preferred boot drive would be an > immediate indication.
Except that it will automatically find a bootable drive, which in most circumstances is the one and only bootable drive. > > A second indication would be the machine losing its preferred network > address (if connected to the 'Net through a router, and the network > address doesn't begin with 192, and, instead, begins with 168, then > in all likelihood the preferred network address is no longer being > retained in PRAM). TCP/IP address settings are not stored in PRAM and never have. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
