Timothy A. Seufert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied to:
> At 5:51 PM -0700 8/3/99, Marc Sira wrote:
>>As of last weekend, my 2400 appears to be in serious straits. The sleep LED is
>>lit steady green as per the manual - hitting the reset switch produces a
>>typical power-on >click< from the speaker, then nothing - no chime, no boot.
>
>>From this description I'm not sure if you're doing it correctly -- you need
> to hold the reset switch down for 20 seconds or more, then let go. (This
> is a pain. I always mess up and let go too early because of how hard it is
> to hold the switch down.)
>
> The PowerBook Power Manager is notoriously flaky, and the 2400 is one of
> the worst models. You often have to just keep trying the reset procedure
> until finally it works. (I've experienced this before.) Obviously there
> are limits of sanity as to how many times to try, but I've had it take 20
> tries to get one going.
Tim's advice is excellent. I've had the same experiences. I'd like to add
one important final step.
If pushing the switch for 45 secs or more (if you have 80mb ram) still
doesn't work, there is still one more important thing to try. Pull the
battery and let the PRAM battery drain until the diode light goes out. This
may take hours to a day or two. Then reconnect the AC power with the battery
out of the computer. Press the power key down firmly (several seconds) and
hold down until you hear the chime. The first boot will take some time as
the Mac sorts itself out.
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Sidney Ho
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