Peter Mc Court wrote: > Learned ones, > > I just rescued a Ruby iMac (G3, 400MHz, 36GB HD, CD drive, 256MB RAM, > OS9.2.1, Firmware 4.1.9) from the Uni skip. She (Ruby) is fully > functional, except that I need to use the power button on the box to > start her up. > > None of the keyboard power buttons for my other 3 iMacs (similar > vintage) can start Ruby up, but they all can shut her down. > > I see that Ruby's power button is sits more deeply in the bezel than on > the other iMacs, so I guess she has been subject to some abuse. Is there > an easy fix for this power button issue? I've read that one should avoid > using the power button that sits on the iMac box.
Don't believe everything you read (except this :). There is nothing wrong with using the button on the computer to power the computer up. It is not recommended to use it to turn the computer off, you should use a controlled shut down instead. If the button works to initiate a shut down then the button is okay. The difference is on power up the button sends a signal through the USB connection to start the computer. This was a non-standard implementation of USB and Apple eventually abandoned it. It's possible the iMac is "new" enough that it doesn't implement the keyboard power on, I don't know when things changed. Me, I wouldn't worry about it, just use the power button on the computer. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
