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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:17:46 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm pretty sure this is just another problem with the stupid EMM, but > > I tried both EMMpathy and Apple's Intelligent Battery Recondition. The > > second battery just acts like a paper weight. > > Try EMMpathy a few more times.

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> I tried EMMpathy a bunch of times. It works when it reads the memory > the first time, but then the second time through it says that my > SmartBattery is coruppted. Any idea how much those VST Chargers cost? > -jkpj13 VST Chargers for t

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Something that's worked for me in the past with really dead batts. Launch IBR with the battery bay empty. When prompted insert the batt. It should then go into "Extended Charging" mode. May take 15 min. or so, and several tries, but usually works. Rick I have a PowerBook 520 and I am having troubl

Re: 170 speaking text

At 5:22 PM +0100 on 3/21/05, Ge' wittily wrote: >Dear Vicki, > >I think OS 7.5 has this built in. To verify, try this: >-Open the SimpleText program >-Type some English text >-From the Sound menu, choose "Speak All" > >If that works, you can put any text you find into a SimpleText document >and h

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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:41:25 -0500, Ric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something that's worked for me in the past with really dead batts. > Launch IBR with the battery bay empty. When prompted insert the batt. > It should then go into "Extended Charging" mode. May take 15 min. or so, > and several tr

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> > By the way, it was Power+Command+Option+Control to reset the power > manager. Does that really work when your PRAM battery is dead? > > -John > It works sometimes. Do that once and then plug it in to charge it for 48 hours. That's the only way I know to get a PRAM back in business. _

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