On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Ted Treen<[email protected]> wrote: > A dead PRAM battery stopped my G4/400 booting, and the same thing > happened to a G4/867 at work. > > IT (PC boys) "diagnosed" a dead mobo.
Well, in their defense, they *were* right weren't they? The motherboard was essentially "dead" ... until you replaced the battery. And if you think about it, you both came up with the same solution. Replacing the motherboard would have merely been their somewhat indirect approach to replacing the battery ... Almost any problem can always be solved with enough levels of indirection, no? -irrational john --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
