Mac Portable problems (was Re: Mac Portable batt charger)

From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_ricochet.net>
Date: Fri Aug 21 19:11:34 1998

At 08:41 PM 8/20/98 EDT, you wrote:
>--- Tony Duell wrote:
>Do you have a working battery in the machine? IIRC, the PSU can't supply
>enough current on it's own to get the machine and hard disk started up.
>When the hard disk tries to spin up, the PSU shuts down, etc. Giving you
>exactly what you're seeing

That is true. Took me a while to figure that out.

>Really? I'm charging a pair of batteries overnight. Tomorrow I'll see if
>anything works with a charged battery. I thought that with the 9-volt
>backup and the power adapter, that was enough juice -- Uncle Roger, is
>that what you were saying earlier?

Yes, that seems to work, provided you take the cover for the main battery
off. Also, the 9v has to be pretty new.


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