Kyle Hansen wrote: > On 6/18/09 4:03 AM, "diane" <[email protected]> Broadcast into the > ether: > > >>Woke up this morning to my G4 FW800 shut down. No power outages >>overnight. When I turned it back on, it reset to a 1969 date. >> >>This is the battery, right? (if so it would be my first dead one in >>over 20 years with a Mac!) > > > Yes. That date was the date of one ov the guys on the developers team. Go > to Radio Shack. Buy a new one. Good to go.
I had a similar incident when the I experienced a momentary power failure yet the next day when severe storms were approaching, I powered down everything, shut off power at the surge surpressor and in fact unplugged it as well. When I restarted several hours later, the date/time was correct. Go figure... JT --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
