>Okay everyone, my son received my 840av I had been running for over a year,
>had it for 4 months, well he went to start it, it came up then shutdown,
>noow he is only 13 so he says he thinks it is the power supply, most likely
>but is there any time if the pram battery goes down this also would happen?
>I highly doubt it but I am asking to make sure how good he is. The other
>problem anyone have a power supply for sale for the 840av? Let me know what
>you all think as well. I don't have it yet but I am going to go look at it
>tomorrow.
Dead PRAM batteries usually keep the system from starting up. But if they
power up then they will stay powered up, just not boot.
This does sound like a power supply problem. Try disconnecting all drives
and removing any NuBus cards. One of them may have failed and is
overloading the power supply.
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