Resetting your PMU: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1712
Good luck. On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok battery arrived--delay what with the ice etc and no electricity! Finally > got back to the 21st century from the 18th--interesting but not for > keeps--put new battery in and no joy. > Lampshade still dead. No whir. No light on the monitor. No nothing. > What should I try next? If there is a reset on the board I couldn't find it. > (This is a 17" 800mhz iMac.) > Or should I just get an enclosure for the hard drive and send the imac to > the great recycling bin in the sky? > > Thanks again, > Ann > > I hope life is returning to normal in Louisville. Versailles is clawing its > way back. > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > From : Robert Kersting[mailto:[email protected]] > Sent : 1/26/2009 5:07:14 PM > To : [email protected] > Cc : > Subject : RE: Re: [MacGroup] dead lampshade > > Take out the four screws in the bottom and you should see it when it > separates. Here's a tutorial: > > http://www.satcure.co.uk/accs/imac2.htm > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 6:32 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> I poked around on Macfixit and others and have not discovered where the >> battery is located or the specs on the battery itself. I have a little >> round >> battery shaped battery I think may be one I got for this computer years >> ago >> and didn't use, but not sure. It is Energizer 1CR2 3.0v p11e lithium >> battery >> #2013. >> If it sits way up inside the machine above the optical drive, I might want >> to get a new battery even if this is the right one. I think it's gonna be >> a >> pain to get to. >> Could you point me to a site that would have instructions for changing it? >> >> Thanks, >> Ann >> >> >> >> >> >> ------- Original Message ----- -- >> From : Robert Kersting[ mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent : 1/24/2009 4:37:10 PM >> To : [email protected] >> Cc : >> Subject : RE: Re: [MacGroup] dead lampshade >> >> According to what I dug up, you may just have a dead battery. >> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:53 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >>> My trusty iMac 800 17" flat panel (aka Lampshade, also Gooseneck) will >>> not >>> power on. >>> Nothing at all happens when I press the on button. >>> This happened last week when it was so very cold. Our heat went off and >>> it >>> got really cold in my office. >>> After everything was fixed, iMac was dead and would not be revived. >>> (By the way, the PowerPC 9600 which has been on since 1998 except when >>> the >>> power is out fired up immediately.) >>> >>> I've unplugged it both from the wall and the computer, also tried other >>> outlets. No joy. >>> >>> Is there a battery I should replace/ Or the power supply? >>> >>> Any advice? >>> >>> If not worth the trouble, what kind of hard drive does it have so I will >>> know what enclosure to get for it---sata, esata, ide, etc. >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> >> &g t; Ann >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>> be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ > > ; The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected]. edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
