My Reply follows quote. On 23/02/2004 07:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Just bought a replacement Wallstreet II (300) on eBay and it may be >defective. > >It has 128Mb RAM and is running OS 9.2.2 > >The PRAM battery is shot, no big surprise here. It will start from >the battery (I have two known good ones bought new about one year >ago) if it has had the date set while the batteries remain in place. >What is a surprise is that it will NOT start from the battery (or >batteries) if the battery has been removed for a time (and thus the >dates / PRAM info. lost). > >It does consistently start when plugged in (I have one of the >updated, warranty Apple power adapters). > >Even if the dates are all wrong, it should still start from the >battery, shouldn't it? > >I'm thinking that I may need to return this. I have a newish PRAM >battery in another Wallstreet II/300 that just died but I don't want >to open up the new one just to test this; if I did that, I'm sure >that I could not return it. > >Suggestions? -------------- First, try resetting the Power Manager (see small decal behind the flip down door on the back of the machine). Try with battery out but plugged into the wall. Then, run Battery Reset with the battery installed.
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