Battery

[ADSR]

At boot had to fix date and time...i should replace battery ?

Is there a software to test the battery...?

Found these on ebay but for pci graphic on description ...think they are  compatible whith  AGP...?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/2-3-6V-BATTERY-14250-SA...1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks

GR

[chriskleeman]

GR,

How long has it been since the battery was replaced? A dead or dying PRAM batter can mess up all kinds of stuff.

Have a look at Tom's stuff:
PRAM Tutorial

Troubleshooting and Tips

Which model is it exactly? chances are it takes a standard 3.6 volt like this one:
PRAM Battery

Hope this helps, sounds like some of the weirdness you have been experiencing may be exacerbated by a weak or dead PRAM battery.

Chris K

[ADSR]

It's a G4  Digital AUDIO...

Don't know for the battery cause i bought it on ebay ....


Hope this helps, sounds like some of the weirdness you have been experiencing may be exacerbated by a weak or dead PRAM battery.

Maybe part of it as you said...i'm gonna replaced it but in waiting is there a software to test if the battery is weak...?

 

GR

[krissel]

Resetting the PRAM and NVRAM can change the time zone but the date and basic time should remain. The basic test is whether you are holding your date and time. However there is an old application (PRAM checker) that I think would run on OS 9.

http://www.polar-orbit.com/software.html

I would replace the batter anyway. They aren't expensive. The one Chris linked (3.6v) is the correct one. It is about half the size of an AA battery.

You can tell the age of many batteries by looking at the date on it. It is the date of manufacture not the date of expiration like other batteries, though some don't have it printed.

Most will last about 5 years or so,  less especially if the computer is unplugged from the wall for a period of time. You can also deplete them by pushing the CUDA/PMU button for too long a time or too many times in a row.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58697

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75313

http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/html/g4...ry-cip.mov.html

[chriskleeman]

GR,

I would definitely replace the battery. That DA probably has the original battery. When I bought mine last year, that was one of the first things I needed to do, and as inexpensive as they are, it's really just routine preventative maintenance to replace it.

And as I said earlier,  a weak or dead PRAM battery can be the cause of many ills and strange behavior, and your computer seems to have it's share of issues!

Chris K

[Gregg]

I used to have a little app called PRAM Battery Checker. It, um, checked the PRAM battery. Not a real original name, but at least they didn't call it Floopise or something. Anyway, that was in my OS8/9 days. It was also a time when I had more of an interest in such things, for whatever reason.

[ADSR]

A battery widget....

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/s...dioprocida.html



GR

[Gregg]

Hey, good deal! Thanks for sharing that link. Now, if I can remember to download it when I'm at my Mac....