Thanks to those who suggested solutions to my battery questions. (SM 5000 250. Here is my final report -- good news and bad news.
Good news: After reinstalling the battery --properly this time -- I pressed the cuda button & started up. Worked OK. I cabled up my scis Zip and copied some files I have been needing. Bad news -- I shut down from the keyboard. The only way I can restart is holding down the CUDA button for quite a while -- 30 seconds or longer. Keyboard and CPU switch are useless. Screen goes dark after a few seconds. I believe I have ruled out a dead battery as the only culprit. Apparently there is another hardware problem -- and I don't have the motivation or patience to pursue this further. I give up. However I have accomplished my main goal -- retrieving some needed files and trashing certain others. I am now content to discard the Starmax. I have a G4 that works OK -- time to move on. Again, many thanks, SM list participants. You are great folks. -- 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
