--- Telcontar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yall complain of problems with StarMaxen when the > battery reads something > like 3.7 V. I have some reason to suspect mine's a > bit on the low side, so I > pulled it out and tested it - unless the multimeter > was acting up, it read > 1.7 V... > > The machine still works, oddly, though seeing as I > run it as a > Web/FTP/SMTP/POP3 server, it's switched on all the > time, and it's only ever > off at the wall when I power down the motherboard to > reset it in an attempt > to make it reboot (the better idea is to keep Reset > pressed for about 10 > seconds, gives the board a chance to initialise). > > The only symptoms are that it can get into a habit > of going dead when left > idle for a while - I'd come back on random occasions > to find that it was > lost in a daze for some hours - eating up but not > serving any Web requests > and stuff. I reset the Energy Saver settings and > uninstalled Energy Saver, > so now it just puts itself to sleep instead. > > Apparently, this is caused by a low battery, tho > surely if it's the battery, > then at 1.7 V it would trash everything, clock, boot > drive, boot res, > volume, Open Firmware settings, the lot, not just > Energy Saver and only > Energy Saver... > > Well, time to buy a new battery, I think, > regardless... :P
Reseting pram from keyboard only does half a job. Cuda switch does full job. When computer is powered the battery may be low but the charge (trickle) may keep the pram info intack unless the line voltage momentarily swings low. See: <http://mcg.motorola.com/cfm/templates/starmax.cfm?PageID=607> bluej __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html -- 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
