[NTLK] [OT] PowerBook G3 no boot issue

[Connor Becker]

Blake Hanes wrote:

>Scott,
>
>I've never worked on a Wallstreet II, but it sounds like you may have a bad
>PRAM battery. pull the keyboard up and disconnect the battery, also take out
>the main battery. give it a reset and plug it in and boot it up. once it's
>booted you may plug the PRAM battery back in, however if it's totally flat
>you may end up having the same issue again.
>
>The problem here is that when both the batteries are flat, they pull too
>much current, and then the computer refuses to boot.
>
>Blake.
>
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Also, you might check if it boots properly without the internal keyboard 
plugged in.  The keyboard in my Wallstreet II went bad and the laptop 
wouldn't boot with it plugged in; I could occasionally get the power 
light to come on, but nothing seemed to work.  I'm sure mine has a dead 
PRAM battery as well (won't hold time), but it boots (it chimes and 
waits about 30 secs. then starts right up) and works fine.  If that's 
what's wrong keyboards are generally available on eBay cheap.