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dead powermac
Name: Tracy Date: June 10, 2003 at 06:00:31 Pacific OS: 9.2 CPU/Ram: powermac 4400
Comment:
I have a trusty Powermac 4400 w/a g3 upgrade card that I use as a 2nd workstation. It will not power up today. I'm assuming it's the battery since the time/date has been wacky lately.
Does anyone still sell batteries for this machine? Is it something I can easily replace myself? (I have done a lot of upgrades and repairs over the years but have never had to replace a battery)
Name: y2jason Date: June 10, 2003 at 06:19:42 Pacific
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Yeh u can get a PRAM battery for it. They are not to expensive and are easy to replace. how is your computer not booting is it just the monitor or the whole computer?
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Response Number 2
Name: Tracy Date: June 10, 2003 at 06:51:27 Pacific
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The CPU itself It is simply DEAD. No power. NOTHING happens when I try to power it up. No lights, no sounds, nothing. Monitor seems to be ok.
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Response Number 3
Name: the pickle Date: June 10, 2003 at 10:32:36 Pacific
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That's probably *not* a PRAM battery fault, but hey, it's worth a shot.
I'm guessing PSU.
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Response Number 4
Name: jeff shep Date: June 11, 2003 at 07:14:57 Pacific
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I agree with the Pickle on this one. Even with a dead PRAM batery the machine will still boot. The date and time will be wrong, but it will still boot.
Be sure to do the obvious, check all of the power cords to be sure they are all the way in.
You may be better off buying a complete machine from e-bay and just doing a hardware swap. It will be less expensive and much easier than swaping the PSU from that machine.
_J
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Response Number 5
Name: Leo Yankevich Date: June 13, 2003 at 05:16:37 Pacific
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It's the pram battery for sure. Just replace it and the machine will boot up just fine.
The 4400 was Apple's only computer designed around a modified Tanzania motherboard. The 4400 and other Tanzania-based clones will not boot with a dead PRAM battery. Try replacing the battery before attempting to replace the power supply on a "dead" 4400.
http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/4400.shtml
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Response Number 6
Name: the pickle Date: June 13, 2003 at 10:09:44 Pacific
Reply:
Unfortunately, Dan Knight doesn't bother doing checks on the "facts" he quotes.
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