Thanks Ronda, will check your link out, then perhaps I won't have to bother Kevin to explain it to me. Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: Ronda Brown To: WAMUG Mailing List Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 1:20 PM Subject: Re: e-mac problem
Hi Derek, Yes, the PRAM (or "backup") battery is dead, probably from the computer being unplugged from wall power for an extended period. Instructions for installing the new battery are here: <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3005> The battery is a 1/2AA 3.6V lithium. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 20/05/2011, at 1:12 PM, Daniel Forsdyke wrote: Hi Derek It sounds like the internal PRAM battery us flat. Regards Daniel Forsdyke -- An Apple iPhone4 creation On 20/05/2011, at 13:10, Derek Perry <dperry...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: Hi everyone, Can anyone solve this problem for me?. When my e-mac has been switched off at the wall socket for a couple of days, I get this message, Your computerclock clock is set to a date before March 24th 2001, this may cause some applications to behave erratically, Please use the date & time preference panel to set the clock manually. When I go into time preference the date is 1971, I then reset clock, & date, time zone hasn't changed, I then try to get on the internet only to find that I can't, & I have to re-configure my internet connection including password, even though it was supposedly saved in keychain, If the computer is just shutdown, with the power still going to it then everything is fine. This problem has been bugging me for sometime now I am not too bothered for myself as I have just ordered a new imac, but will soon be passing the e-mac to my son. e-mac power pc G4 1.25GHZ 512mb Ram Thanks Derek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
