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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