Thanks! The new battery did the trick.
Next question, how do I wipe out all my personalized settings, etc. so I can post this Mac for sale?
(When the AOL screen comes up, all my screen names are listed. Things like that.)
Awesome that the battery did the trick! I have a 6100, it had a dead PRAM battery...and a new one did the trick as well.
As far as the hard drive. Do you have an OS install disk (I'm assuming your running OS 8 or 9 on it)? If so boot the computer from it, open a program called Disk Utility (or something like that)...over-write the hard drive with 1's or 0's (if you have that option)...then reinstall the OS.
Regarding selling the computer. I hope you're not expecting to get very much for it. This computer is 15 years old, you may not even get any interest. Personally I wouldn't pay more then $10 bucks...I actually got mine for free.
These old computers just aren't worth very much.
When I suggested getting a new PRAM battery I thought you were keeping the computer not selling it. That PRAM battery probably cost you close to $10 bucks with shipping...that's basically the 100% of the value of the computer! it might have been better to have sold the computer with the old dead battery. You still might have gotten $10 for it.
In any case...good to hear the battery helped.
- Nick