G3 iMac and Battery
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Sleepmac - 03 September 2007
500 mhz G3 iMac. OSX 103.9. The date and time were not holding. I checked the battery, although installed correctly, it was dead. I replaced the battery with a new one that checked out at 3.6 volts. The iMac refused to bootup! I scratched my head, and on a whim, I installed the new battery opposite from the correct position. The computer now starts and runs fine, but it doesn't hold the date and time again. The + and - battery terminal positions are displayed prominently on the board holder. And as I said above, I know the old battery was installed correctly.
Any ideas?
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Erik Richard Sørensen - 03 September 2007
Sleepmac wrote:
500 mhz G3 iMac. OSX 103.9. The date and time were not holding. I checked the battery, although installed correctly, it was dead. I replaced the battery with a new one that checked out at 3.6 volts. The iMac refused to bootup! I scratched my head, and on a whim, I installed=
the new battery opposite from the correct position. The computer now starts and runs fine, but it doesn't hold the date and time again. The + and - battery terminal positions are displayed prominently on the board holder. And as I said above, I know the old battery was installed=
correctly.=20
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Any ideas?Try to clean the bettery holder terminals with some isopropyl. The poles =
might have been moistered with some verdigris.
Then press the small PRAM button/CUDA button and hold it down for 4-5 sec= s.
In connection with the battery holder there is a small print containing=20 a condensor. If this condensor has been drained for the voltage, it has=20 to be 'recharged' before the battery will be able to work again.
Cheers, Erik Richard
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Erik Richard Sørensen - 03 September 2007
Try to clean the bettery holder terminals with some isopropyl. The poles =
might have been moistered with some verdigris.
Then after inserting the new battery press the small PRAM button/CUDA=20 button and hold it down for 4-5 secs.
In connection with the battery holder there is a small print containing=20 a condensor. If this condensor has been drained for the voltage, it has=20 to be 'recharged' before the battery will be able to work again.
Cheers, Erik Richard
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Rgds. Gr=FC=DFe, Mvh. Erik Richard S=F8rensen, Member of ADC <mac-man_NOSP@M_stofanet.dk> <http://www.nisus.com> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Textprocessing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -
Sleepmac - 04 September 2007
Thanx, I'll see what I can do with it in a few days. :-)
Dan
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