4 Nov
1998
4 Nov
'98
10:54 a.m.
I just pulled mine from storage over the weekend and discovered that I
had
left the memory switch on several years ago when I put
it up. Now it
won't
boot even under AC. I guess I need to replace the
backup battery -
anyone
have any info on this?
You shouldn't need a new battery - I think it was NiCd. You'll have to
do
a cold start.
Make sure the memory switch is on, then hold down <alt>, <label>,
<ctrl>,
and <esc> down while pressing the power button. This should make it go.
When I tried this on mine, I got this message after it accessed the disk
drive:
Uncoop System Load: Disk Error. Retry (Y/N)?
Hit <N>
The 600 will turn off. Turn it back on using the <power> button.
You will get a message:
Unable to restart, critical system data damaged.
Hit any key to reinitialize system.
Hit a key, and MS-WORKS 1.20 will come up
Now I have a question:
When I "cold start" it, and it accesses the disk drive, could it possibly
be booted from a disk??
-Jason
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