On Dec 10, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote:

> Bill Christensen wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I've got a used-to-be-trustworthy Sawtooth which has recently
>> developed a number of problems.  The IDE bus appears to be cooked so
>> I'm using a SATA card for that.   I had a lot of trouble getting it
>> to start and ended up changing out the power supply.
>>
>> Now I find that it doesn't want to boot up if shut down completely
>> unless I press the CUDA switch.  It'll do a restart fine, but not a
>> cold boot.
>>
>> I've currently got a 400hmz processor in it, but it previously had a
>> dual 500 and i'll probably switch it back if I can get it to start
>> reliably again.
>>
>> Any clues as to why I'd need to CUDA it every time?
>
> A low or dead PRAM battery would be my first guess.
  this makes 2 votes on the PRAM battery.

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