Jim Scott wrote: > > 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
I have a client who had a, then, not so old PM8500 stored in a San Francisco garage for 6 months. All the bare metal panels were heavily oxidized. And while the computer did fire up I don't think it worked, something had died from the fog. -- 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
