Should I Buy A New Battery? |
Sun 14 Mar 2004, 12:04
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 04-Mar 03 From: San Francisco - US Member No.: 13,614 |
Hi everyone, this is is my first topic. my problem is this, i have a G4 466 mhz, os 9.2, and since last night, when i startup the computer, instead of the smiling face in the monitor, the first thing that i see is the map of the world flashing, i don't know why, and after 5 minutes i see a folder flashing with the (?) for another 5 minutes, does anybody knows why? is this a internal battery problem? i hope so, i'm sorry about my english but it is not my natural language, i hope somebady can help me, thanks.
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Mon 15 Mar 2004, 08:48
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Rookie Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 29-Feb 04 From: Gradec - AT Member No.: 37,222 |
the typical "signals" for an empty internal battery are something like the system "forgets" settings. for example it switches to appletalk instead of ethernet; shows wrong date and time; and so on. your problem looks like your computer does not find the systemfolder. from here its quite hard to tell. try to boot with your original macOS system cd and check if some preferences (like date and time or networking - as mentioned above - have changed.) or clean up your hard-drive - reset your desktopfolder - zap your pram - stuff like that... HTH
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ignsaav77 Should I Buy A New Battery? Sun 14 Mar 2004, 12:04
squinty A flashing question mark means your Mac cannot loc... Mon 15 Mar 2004, 11:59
td3k QUOTE (ignsaav77 @ Mar 14 2004, 06:04)Hi ever... Mon 15 Mar 2004, 15:23
squinty A flashing question mark means your Mac cannot loc... Mon 15 Mar 2004, 11:59
td3k QUOTE (ignsaav77 @ Mar 14 2004, 06:04)Hi ever... Mon 15 Mar 2004, 15:23
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