A dead PRAM battery will cause all the problems you've described and more. Google "green light of death" (GLOD) and fill yourself in. I have one sitting here that only runs when the planets are in a certain alignment. It needs a PRAM battery....
Jim James Williams wrote: > > The PRAM battery is completely dead, and I'm wondering if that might be > causing some strange behavior I'm seeing. The laptop works ok on AC > power, but when running on battery it gets flaky. Just a few minutes > ago I was working on it on battery power, the monitor started to flicker > a little...I moved the panel a little to check for a bad connection and > the computer shut off. It took quite a bit of tinkering with the reset > button and Power on button to ever get it to come back up. I have also > noticed that when I start it up from battery power, sometimes it has to > be reset to start instead of just pressing the power button. I have > reset the power manager more than once and zapped the pram. > Is the behavior I am mentioning possibly all related to the dead PRAM > battery? > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
