4 Apr
2003
4 Apr
'03
2:04 a.m.
Ah, cool! Thank you for the advice. I am even more eager to try
replacing that motherboard battery now.
Thanks again.
-- MB
(By the way -- is everyone getting two copies of my posts? If so, I
apologize...recently unsubbed and resubbed because I changed email
accounts, and maybe I did something stupid.)
On Friday, April 4, 2003, at 09:46 AM, Dr. Ido wrote:
Also, most switchmode power supplies will not power up
without a load
of
some sort. For example, to test ATX power supplies outside of a
computer I
connect an old HDD as a load and short the power-on line to GND. Same
principal applies to Mac power supplies except you short the power on
line
to +5V (from memory, it's been a while so check before you short
anything).