21 Aug
1998
21 Aug
'98
7:11 p.m.
At 08:41 PM 8/20/98 EDT, you wrote:
--- Tony Duell wrote:
Do you have a working battery in the machine? IIRC, the PSU can't supply
enough current on it's own to get the machine and hard disk started up.
When the hard disk tries to spin up, the PSU shuts down, etc. Giving you
exactly what you're seeing
That is true. Took me a while to figure that out.
Really? I'm charging a pair of batteries overnight.
Tomorrow I'll see if
anything works with a charged battery. I thought that with the 9-volt
backup and the power adapter, that was enough juice -- Uncle Roger, is
that what you were saying earlier?
Yes, that seems to work, provided you take the cover for the main battery
off. Also, the 9v has to be pretty new.
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