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Powerbook G4 Aluminum Power Problems?
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1230319" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Your problems are typical of a dead or failing PRAM battery. (Parameter RAM)</p><p></p><p>The PRAM battery typically gives out after about 3 to 5 years. But it can give up a lot earlier, or later.</p><p></p><p>The PRAM battery provides a bit of power so that your Mac can remember its settings, such as your preferences and the date and time, while it is turned off. Sometimes an early sign that the battery is going bad is that your date and/or time will become incorrect, and that some settings won't stick, but often the first sign that the battery is dead is that your Mac won't startup.</p><p></p><p>Your 15-inch aluminum Powerbook takes a very special PRAM battery circuit board combination that is a unit. It is Apple part number 922-6007. These aren't inexpensive, and they are getting harder to find. You can get one here for $70: </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Apple-Powerbook-Battery---G4-Aluminum-15-PRAM---Brand-New-p-16754.html" target="_blank">Apple Powerbook Battery - G4 Aluminum 15" PRAM - Brand New</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1230319, member: 190607"] Your problems are typical of a dead or failing PRAM battery. (Parameter RAM) The PRAM battery typically gives out after about 3 to 5 years. But it can give up a lot earlier, or later. The PRAM battery provides a bit of power so that your Mac can remember its settings, such as your preferences and the date and time, while it is turned off. Sometimes an early sign that the battery is going bad is that your date and/or time will become incorrect, and that some settings won't stick, but often the first sign that the battery is dead is that your Mac won't startup. Your 15-inch aluminum Powerbook takes a very special PRAM battery circuit board combination that is a unit. It is Apple part number 922-6007. These aren't inexpensive, and they are getting harder to find. You can get one here for $70: [url=http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Apple-Powerbook-Battery---G4-Aluminum-15-PRAM---Brand-New-p-16754.html]Apple Powerbook Battery - G4 Aluminum 15" PRAM - Brand New[/url] [/QUOTE]
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