>Brent Jass wrote: Last week my wife went to fire up her 4400 and it didn't >respond. > > You should check out the StarMax list; its a great list and >it covers the tanzania computers. However, I'll tell you now that >the odds are you don't have a power supply problem, you need a new >battery; and after letting the computer sit unplugged with no >battery, then plug in the battery and hold the CUDA switch for >anywhere from 3 to 30 seconds (depending upon whom you ask). > > The battery is hard to find, however many people just go into >radio shack and get a plastic battery case and put a couple of >penlight batteries in it. This is a notorious tanzania problem and >I am sure you can find a lot of info on it in the starmax archives.
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