At 6:49 AM -0500 1/2/2009, insightinmind wrote: > >AFAIK ... When you remove the battery, I don't believe you need to >also push the CUDA.
Correct, IF the main power to the computer is removed. When the main power is AWOL, the Power Management Unit (PMU) and the PRAM run off the battery. If you hit the CUDA button, it reboots the PMU. If you pull the battery (while the main power is also gone), the PMU crashes and the PRAM looses its data. When you re-insert the battery, the PMU is booted. It notices that the PRAM is in a bad state, and resets the values to their defaults (the equivalent of zapping the PRAM). FWIW, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
