My powerbook duo 230 has been useless since I got it last summer, bad
keyboard, freezing after boot etc. Tried it again yesterday and it
wouldn't boot at all. Bright idea this morning involved taking the
battery out, batteries are long dead anyway. It booted up, no problem,
and hasn't seized
Would a dead battery actually negatively affect the computer so that it
wouldn't run at all
Yes, I always disconnect the main and if easy, PRAM battery on a non-booter.
or freeze up after booting?
Less convinced of that.
Probably more the power manager or something
I have wondered if the
the car, and plainly loaded the alternator (hence the whistling).
-Original Message-
From: Brian Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:12 AM
To: PowerBooks
Subject:affect of bad battery? pb 230
My powerbook duo 230 has been useless since I got
Brian Mahoney wrote:
My powerbook duo 230 has been useless since I got it last summer, bad
keyboard, freezing after boot etc. Tried it again yesterday and it
wouldn't boot at all. Bright idea this morning involved taking the
battery out, batteries are long dead anyway. It booted up, no
