On 21/1/03 12:23, Andrew Johnson said: >Also, you said you reset the PRAM, i had strange problems with my >wallstreet when the PRAM battery died. It would only boot on AC power >the first time and then you could shut it off and restart on battery if >you desired, but if you lost battery power at all (ie, if the battery >went to 0% or was removed) you would have to reattach to AC to restart >it. Good to know that I was not the only person suffering from exactly this problem :-)
It can be very embarrassing if you forget to take your mains adapter with you, run down your 1st battery completely and then cannot reboot, even though I inserted a full 2nd battery :-( This has happened to me a few times. I think what happens is that I have the Energy Saver control panel set to wake the machine early in the morning to collect email on a dialup for my normal workday routine. Unfortunately when I am travelling and the PowerBook is closed and not required to collect mail. I guess it tries to wake up, finds the lid is closed and is not able to go back to sleep. By the time I actually wake up, the 1st battery is run down completely and my 2nd battery not in the other bay, but in the computer case. I will definitely investigate changing the PRAM battery, once I discover where the PRAM actually is situated in the WallStreet/PDQ. My initial Google and Sherlock searches didn't turn up anything definite about the WallStreet PRAM. Anybody care to educate me? > SNIP...... >Sorry for being so lengthy Not at all. This was very valuable information to me :-) Thanks Mike -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
