My battery in my Classic II died abut a year ago - I know it was on the way out
as the clock started to mess up before hand but when it finally went, my machine
refused to boot ttally, it didn't even finish its power-up. This happened on a
machine which has _no_ real capability for software power on/off - you have to
use the power switch - yet apparently a dead battery can still halt the power
up. 
SteveB


On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, James D. Skee wrote:

> >My IIcx's power supply finally died. Where can I get a working power supply
> 
> First, many thanks to everyone who responded in private about my question.
> Having not yet purchaced a power supply, I read a column in this months
> MacUser (could be MacWorld, cant remember) about how a dying battery could
> cause problems recognizing SCSI harddrives (my 40MB drive might not be dead
> yet!), as well as problems powering up, so I was wondering if it might also
> cause the power supply to not function properly, thus preventing my IIcx
> from powering up? Pretty much, the fan starts to move, and the power light
> flashes briefly, but thats it and the Mac wont boot.
> 
> 
> --
> James D. Skee - ResNova Technical Support
> http://www.resnova.com/users/employees/jamesskee.html
> http://visual-circus.doe.com/
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