Powerbook G3 Pram Battery Software Update And#

Let the PowerBook sit without power connected for 3 The PowerBook G4 Titanium DVI featured a PowerPC G4 processor running at either 667, 800, or 867 MHz. Remove the AC adapter and the battery. PowerBook 160, 165, or 180. If it fails to start, the PowerBook may require service. If the PowerBook powers on, the battery may be reinserted. Apple suggests charging the battery for at least 8 hours before running on battery power.

Comment deleted by user 1y. Tried booting with the battery removed, nothing.Yes, they don't have any PRAM batteries for any PowerBook G3 it seems. I waited until the battery was full, nothing. I plugged it in and tried to boot but nothing happened. I left it to sleep with the lid closed for a couple of days and when I picked it up again the battery was empty. The PowerBook G4 Titanium DVI also featured DVI output and gigabit ethernet.I have a G3 iBook 900 MHz which worked fine until a couple of months ago.

There is also power on the logic board with the battery in place and/or the power supply plugged in.It's not the power switch, it's not the sleep reed switch in the display.Since the only solution seemed to be a logic board replacement (costing about 800 Euro's) I emptied the piggy bank and got myself a macbook.Two weeks ago, as a last check before putting the parts on e-bay, I plugged in the power brick (battery was completely empty of course), pushed the power button and. When the power is plugged in there is power on the firewire port. I have tried the pram battery unplug.I reset the PMU with battery and power supply removed, battery in place and all other combinations, no go.I even took out the capacitor that looks like a PRAM battery from the motherboard (the most ultimate reset I could think of).

Powerbook G3 Pram Battery Software Update And

I can understand why letting it rest for a while may decharge some capacitor so everything is reset. And of course it would not start anymore. After half an hour downloading it turned off while I was looking the other way. Again I started the software update and again. I shut down the computer, waited a couple of minutes and turned it on again.

If the machine worked fine without them, you can skip them.Using OSX 10.3. If yes, it's most likely a software problem.Another problem could be that, due to the age of the machine, some of the os updates might screw things up. One test is to see if the machine will restart from the os cd consistenetly.