On Jun 19, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > 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! Ahhh ... the old Nature Taking Her Course and presenting us with ... Cloaking with Decay. Trying to be funny ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
