Maybe I missed where this thread started, but I've never replaced the battery or pushed any cuda switch in my starmax 5500/200 ever since day one. I keep it plugged in unless I'm moving furniture. I turn it on from the keyboard, it crashes once in a while, not much, has 2 internal hard drives, an external modem, a scanner, a burner, printer connected, original CDrom drive works with the old 7.6 extension. The only thing I've ever replaced is the hard drive in my 2 year old iMac cuz it died. Even my performa from 95 still works, same battery. KOW! :) Kari
>I have had my 5500/200 for going on 8 years now. I have always had it >set up so that I could turn it ON and Off from the keyboard. This means >the 110 volt plug is always hot -- the battery is being trickle >charged. If not, it would have died a long time ago. Altho it crashes >on me regularly, I have never had to do anything but push the reset >button to get it back on. I have three hard drives hooked into it with >about 50 jillion programs. It has probably got at least five sets of >start-up info stored in it here and there. I would crash too if >overloaded like that. Bottom line, STARMAXES, at least 5500s trickle >charge their batteries and if treated properly and no infant mortatitly, >the battery will last far beyond the expected useful life to the >machine. Motorola builds good shit (or at least used to). > >Respectfully, Don Vollmer > > > > -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
