Thank you all for the additional info,
I did notice the link to the site for good battery prices and will also try the battery reset programme.
I have noticed that the battery is not being seen by the PB. It reports that the LH media bay is empty and there are no leads alight on the side of the battery. This I suspect is because I did not use it over the Christmas / New Year period and beyond. The battery must be flat and thus the Pram also, as without any power in the main battery the Pram discharged as well.
As for Jim's problem I am not sure if it relates to the PRAM as the sign normally is that the date has reset to the year 1904. Showing that the PRAM has run out of charge if the PB is keeping time but loosing or gaining seconds this may be another fault.
Thanks, JimMy Wallstreet Date & Time function consistently seems to lose about 15-30 seconds as evidenced by the adjustment that occurs almost every time when I tell the control panel to manually "set time now". It seems oblivious to the interval between those checks. Also, it may actually be more serious since the CPanel is supposed to auto-check for differences often anyway and I am merely noting what changes the auto function has not fixed.
Is this kind of thing clearly indicative of bad PRAM battery? I have not noted other problems other than the usual aggravating random crashes that dog me from time to time.
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Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PRAM/Backup battery in WallStreet - Battery Reset Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0000 From: Mike Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 3/2/04 2:02 am, Paul Nelson said:
At 11:28 PM +0000 2/2/04, JOHN.E.ABRAHAM wrote:Does this mean that before i go about trying to replace the PRAM battery I first need to try and recharge it.
For sure, that's the first thing to do if you haven't had it on external power for an extended period lately.
As we are talking WallStreets here, don't forget the Apple Battery Reset application (sorry, don't have the link handy).
This application has revived my WallStreet battery several times, when I might otherwise have assumed the battery was dead (no longer holding any charge).
I know that a few times I have run out of battery power completely and probably the PRAM/backup battery has run out as well. The main battery refuses to recharge until it is reset by Battery Reset. Maybe a sign of a faulty power manager board (also quite common, it seems).
Worth a shot...
Mike
Thanks again John Abraham.
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