Re: Wallstreet 1 - no battery indication, Open Firmware
On 21/6/04 21:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Try and *shut down* the machine before you boot up into OF. For some reason that gave me better results before. Have been following this thread with interest as I have a WallStreet II and a recent, suddenly dead battery (no lights at all), that Battery Reset cannot revive. When you insert the battery the WallStreet recognises it as a battery for about a minute, then decides it can't charge it and the menu bar and Mac OS 9 Control Strip indicator changes to no battery installed. I could not boot into OF with a restart, although I remember being in OF once in the distant past. Following Mikael's post about shutting down first, I tried it and Open Firmware came up first try :-) Unfortunately no change in my dead battery (yet). Maybe it is really dead. Perhaps it is due to the fact I left the computer unpowered for 3 months... Mike Turner -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Wallstreet 1 - no battery indication, Open Firmware note
Tracy, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have to agree with previous posters that getting into Open Firmware on a Wallstreet 1 is very difficult. I *can* get it to happen, but I have to try many times. It works maybe once out of every dozen attempts. There must be a very small window of time when they keys need to be pressed. It seems to be just after the startup sound begins (not before) and not more than, say, a half second after it starts. At least that is my best guess, and even then it is hit or miss. Try and *shut down* the machine before you boot up into OF. For some reason that gave me better results before. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Wallstreet 1 - no battery indication, Open Firmware note
Hi all, My Wallstreet 1 does not see my battery anymore. No matter which side I insert it on, the battery menu in my menu bar (OS X 10.2.8) says no battery available. Does anyone know if this means the battery is dead and at fault, or is it one of the internal circuits? I replaced the PMU a few months ago, as well as the backup battery to resurrect the computer. So the suspect circuit, i would guess, would be the Charge Card, Power Supply 922-3359 as noted in the Apple take apart documents. I also use the magnet down the side of the display trick to wake up the computer since I upgraded the hard disk (as mentioned on this list before, and is also described here: http://homepage.mac.com/techedgeezine/cart_mac_pb2.html). reset-all in Open Firmware did not help. Open Firmware on Wallstreet 1 I have to agree with previous posters that getting into Open Firmware on a Wallstreet 1 is very difficult. I *can* get it to happen, but I have to try many times. It works maybe once out of every dozen attempts. There must be a very small window of time when they keys need to be pressed. It seems to be just after the startup sound begins (not before) and not more than, say, a half second after it starts. At least that is my best guess, and even then it is hit or miss. One interesting thing I found when Googling for Open Firmware information is that alt-alt-O-F was mentioned on one site instead of Command-Option-O-F. Given that the Options keys are both sub-labeled alt I tried holding both Option keys and O and F. Did not work. BUT, when I use both Option keys, Command and O and F it seems to work better. So that's five keys held. Also, it seems to work better if the modifiers are held just before holding down the O and F keys. Makes the timing of the whole affair tricky. I'm going to the Apple WWDC in a week. I'll try to corner Apple hardware folks on this Open Firmware issue. I remember that some of the core OS guys had Wallstreets from talking to them in past WWDC's. Hope they all still work for Apple. Tracy -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---