Re: [NTLK] [OT] New iMac G5

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sun Sep 05 2004 - 10:29:23 PDT


On Sep 5, 2004, at 6:53 AM, keith wrote:
>
> Anyway, whatever the details of anyone's experiences, reports, and so
> on, the moral of the tale is not to let the clock battery run down.
> :-)
>
>
>> A $6.50 (us) battery fixed it.
>
> And as y'all know it *should* have been the first thing that was
> checked. Of course, they don't make much money on that kind of fix,
> do they? ;-0
>
Actually, having worked on thousands of macs myself, this symptom
wouldn't normally indicate a battery issue, so it's not as dumb as it
seems. Apple built them right, so as technicians we are used to seeing
the clock set back to 1956 or 1904 when the battery is dead. Macs
start up with a dead battery as I previously stated with the exception
of a very few models.

Marty

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