I used to work in a Mac repair center.
Replace the battery with one you know is good. Take the origional battery
out and let the machine sit without a battery for at least 10 minutes.
If this fails, let the machine sit with no battery (and not plugged in) for
24 hours. I do believe Apple got sued over this issue, as many repair
centers (not ours) were replacing motherboards and charging customers
hundreds of dollars when all they needed was a six dollar battery!
take care,
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Pemberton" <philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: Mac Iici won't fire up
> In message <20040404215393.SM02600_at_bobdev>
> "Bob Lafleur" <bob_lafleur_at_technologist.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a Mac Iici that won't power up. It worked when I last used it
about a
> > month ago. Now, if I press the power switch on the ADB device (I'm using
an
> > ADB to PS/2 mouse/keyboard converted and Mac to VGA converter, which has
a
> > power ON switch on it) or the power button on the back, nothing.
> I'm not a Mac expert, but isn't this a symptom of a dead PRAM battery?
>
> Later.
> --
> Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB,
6GB,
> philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet,
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