Bruce... 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? > > 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. > > I cannot locate my %...@$@# multimeter right now so I can't test the > battery, but I pressed the cuda, removed the battery for a while > pressed the cuda and tried restarting it. Nada. Same if I remove the > battery. > > I know that low PRAM batteries can prevent booting in at least Beige > G3's, but I thought they would all boot if there was no battery at > all. > > Anyone have a pinout of the switch cable? I'm wondering if I can > bypass the switch assembly, take at least ONE thing out of the loop > for testing, or is this just a dead PS? I've got some units I can > part- > swap for testing, but they're at work, and I'm stuck at home today > waiting on UPS. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > > "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD You do realize... it isn't "Talk like a Pirate Day"? Amanda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
