On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
> If the battery is alive and the machine does not start you might try > cleaning the battery contacts in the holder. Sometimes just spinning > the > battery in place is enough to break through the insulating coating > whatever > it's nature. And we have a winner! IN the spirit of 'What the hell, it can't hurt!' I tried that just before yanking the battery out to take with me to RatShack to show the geniuses. (They can deal with pictures or Radio Shack part#'s and nothing else) Spun the battery around a few times, booted like a charm :-) Thanks Wallace! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
