Trash finder prefs. Trash display prefs. Restart and hit the pram resets as directed by Mr Larson. It may be system corruption. FYI : I had left my 190CS off for an extended period and had a lot of trouble getting it to operate again even plugged in. It seems 0s and 1s disappear from the hard drive. You might have to do a (gulp! ...)re-install. --- Robert Schenk 1821 Burdette Ave. Evansville IN 47714-5505 812-499-2874
--------- Original Message --------- DATE: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:08:27 From: "Harry Jacobson-Beyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Macusergroup <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> Cc: >I found the battery reset application and installed it and battery still >does not take a charge. I attempted Lee's suggestion and that did not >work either. > >The cheapest battery I can find for the Powerbook is $171. Either someone >suggested or I read it on apple's web site that an external charger might >do the trick. Does anyone outhere have a battery charger I can beg, >borrow, steal, use, etc.? > >Thanks > >Harry > > >Thursday, July 17, 200310:10 PMLee Larsonleelarson at mac.com > >>On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 02:40 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >>> I turned the machine on a few days ago and now the computer acts ad if >>> the batter bay is empty. If I play with the battery and change bays >>> sometimes the computer will see it but it will not charge it. >> >>Before you go out and plunk down $100 (or more) for a new battery, here >>are a few things you can try. >> >>(1) Reset the power manager. How you do this depends on the model of >>your Powerbook. Google on some combination of powerbook, battery and >>power manager to find out for your model. >> >>(2) Reset the PRAM and NVRAM on your machine. To reset the PRAM on most >>machines, hold down the option+apple+P+R at startup and let it bong >>three or four times to make sure you get the NVRAM and the PRAM. >> >>(3) You can also reset all this stuff by booting into the firmware and >>typing the commands reset-nvram and reset-all. You get into open >>firmware by pressing apple+option+O+F while booting. >> >> >> >>| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>| be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > ____________________________________________________________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
