Steve Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> responded to: "Stanton Mitrany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who wrote:
> What do you recommend? > > For the last few months, my Rev B has been sporadic in when it would start: > it would occasionally start after days or weeks as if it had been working > fine all along, then run perfectly, and test perfectly on all test utilities > until shutdown or restart, then not restart. > > I figured the PRAM battery might be weak, so I just changed it, and it still > doesn't start. Is it possible that the PRAM battery needs to be in the > machine while it is plugged in for a while to charge up? > > Or, is something else likely to be the cause of my problem? > > Thanks for your help! > > All the best, > stanton > With the following: The PRAM battery is a lithium type, it does not need charging. When you said the iMac does not start, do you mean there is no chime, no power LED on even for a moment, i.e. completely dead?-Steve Bell Answer: The chime doesn't sound, but I hear other whirring of startup (fan, hard drive, CD-Rom?) and the power LED goes on Yellow-Tan, rather than green. At the same time I hear a single sound, as if the monitor is being hit with a charge, but it fails to illuminate. Subsequently, to turn it off, the keyboard start button does nothing; only the CPU start button (illuminated) turns it off. And, again, every once in a while, the machine starts up and runs normally. Then, there may be a gap of days or weeks until the next time I touch the keyboard start button, and the machine springs back into life. Any further ideas, dear friends? stanton -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
