My Reply follows quote. On 23/05/2004 09:18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >I have just picked up a Quadra 660AV. > >It works great, but only boots the second time I turn the power on. >The first time I power it on I hear the hard disk spin up, but it never >gets to the grey boot screen. The second time everything spins up and >then it boots. Once booted it works flawlessly, it also complains >about the clock settings so I was thinking that this was a dead >battery, but I didn't expect it to not boot on the first power up just >because of the battery. > >Can anyone tell me if this is normal on a machine with a dead battery? ---------- Normal for many Macs. Usually works when you power up the machine, then restart by the "three finger salute" or by quickly turning off the power button and then switching it back on. Must store some residual power in capacitors for the second "go."
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