Op vrijdag 23 februari 2018 16:28:25 UTC+1 schreef Diane: > > I have a 2003 G4 1.42DP (FW800) > > With the exception of a couple of hard drive replacements and a power > supply back in 2011, it's been bomb proof. > > The other day though, it started to shutdown on boot (it had been running > for weeks prior to this). I googled and found many references to this but > mostly with a display with a proximity sensor, which I do not have. > > I pulled it out of it's cubby and will clean it out, but I'd also like to > replace the battery while it's open. > > What's the best place to buy them these days? I used to get them at Radio > Shack but they are no longer around. > > Worse case I have a couple of older machines that I suppose I can fire up > and put my drive in to get my data off, but ideally I'd like to get this > going again. > > Any thoughts? It just spins on the grey screen for a couple of minutes and > then shuts down. I usually screen share into it so I'm not sure if it was > doing something else prior. It did sound like it booted fully the fist > time. Earlier this week I had it up and running for awhile but it wasn't > connected to the network so that's when I shut it down and this happened. > > > Thanks > > Diane >
Hi Diane, Changing the battery won't help. I have the same machine like yours, only it's a FW 400 model, the last one that can boot into OS9. I've been running my MDD DP for over a year now with an empty battery without problems, the only "problem" is that after booting up I get the message that my clock is set to a past date but as I'm connected to the net my clock shows the right time and date. Just saying. Good luck with your sick MDD. Best regards, Jörg. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
