Mac OS battery troubles

[KA4HJH]

>> A Tip or two for the DIY-Shopper.....
>> There are a lot of  Macs in the thrift these days. All of  those 1/2AA
>> 3.6V batteries are going dead. Macs do not  boot well with a bad
>> battery and may look as if the motherboard is toast......but now you
>> know better...;-)
>>
>
>Are you sure of that ?
>
>I'm asking because a friend of mine has a PPC 7200 90 MHz, and
>a few weeks ago it refused to boot, and the battery was dead for
>quite a long time... And he's been told to replace the motherboard
>and finding a new one for a 7200 wasn't easy...
>
>More details welcomed...

Tom & Paul are correct. Sometimes when the battery goes the PRAM gets
corrupted, preventing the computer from booting and/or causing all sorts of
other weirdness.

I've seen it go both ways myself.


-- 
Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"