Mac OS 9

Discussions between 22 September 2004 and 2 May 2005.
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Mac Wont Start...is it the battery?

“I have a Umax 300Mhz clone and all I get is a grey screen. Once I saw it was starting OS 9.1.”

Lombard powerup problems

“It takes several plugging in and out for powerbook to became normally turned of, then I can turn it on.”

Won't sleep in 9.2

“Apple System Profiler reports that sleep is disabled because of the PCI card installation - even when there is no powered-up unit connected to the card.”

iBook not charging

“Runs ok as long as the ac adapter is plugged in, but powers-off as soon as it's unplugged.”

Hard drive always wakes up at midnight (OS 9)

“at midnight exactly, my hard drive wakes up from sleep mode.”

G4 keeps complaing that "the case is open"!

“Your computer cannot be put into sleep until the case is closed. Please close the case and try again.”

OS9 and OSX - Help break my PRAM zap addiction!

“The HD spins a bit, the monitor is black and nothing happens. Zap the PRAM and everything launches fine.”

PB G3 won't sleep - ever

“It ignores the sleep timer, crashes from a menu sleep command, crashes when the cover is closed.”

waking up from sleep= no mouse click

“the mouse moves fine but clicking does nothing”

battery indicator shows crossed battery?

“Is the battery dead or is it some sort of hardware failure?”
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