On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> Will dead/lack of a PRAM battery keep a Gigabit Ethernet G4 system > from turning on? Yep, however ... > > I took the G4 offline in January, and set it down for 6 months. This > morning I went to clean it up and get it going, and plugged it all in > and....not a damn thing happens when I press the power switch. No > response at all. > ... Sometimes I've found that a perfectly sound, sweet-running Mac will go absolutely dead after sitting for a period of weeks or months, especially if it's been stored in an unheated room or storage place, such as a garage. Every time, the battery still had more than 3 volts ... but the power supply is a goner. I've taken apart a few and could find nothing obviously wrong, other than some "tin whiskers." Removing as many as I could once or twice, I fergit, revived the PS. My theory is that humidity does stuff to the innards of power supplies that renders them dead the first time AC juice is poured back into 'em. Let's hope yours has only a dead PRAM battery. Got another one you can swap in? -- Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
