11-24-2012, 09:44 PM
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PB G4 No Longer Automatically Restarts After Power Outage
My old PowerBook G4 no longer restarts after a power outage.
I'm sure the battery is almost completely dead. Is that the likely cause of the problem? I did try resetting the parameter RAM. Didn't seem to help. It does display the correct date and time on startup, so there must be some battery left.
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11-25-2012, 10:50 PM
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I'm going to ask the Dumb Question (it's the only one I can think of right now) - is that option ticked in the Energy Saver prefs?
My Mac Mini restarted after a power outage and it doesn't even have a battery  . The PB G4 has a PRAM battery but the correct time and date suggest it's OK. Unless you're online and it's being set via NTP.
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11-25-2012, 11:07 PM
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^You can run it without a battery? Damn, I just ordered a new one....
Yes, that option is checked in Energy Saver prefs. I have even unchecked, rebooted and checked again I see the PRAM battery requires a soldering iron for replacement....
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11-26-2012, 09:41 PM
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Which model is that? The Al models don't and the only Ti model I've looked at doesn't.
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11-26-2012, 09:45 PM
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Which model PB G4 do you have? Most of them seem to have a pluggable PRAM battery.
But replacing one is not a job I'd undertake just to fix a small bug. (Arrgh.. double posting! Sorry... )
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11-26-2012, 09:53 PM
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It's this one: PowerBook 6,2 (12" Aluminum, 1GHz)
This was my soldering-iron-required reference: iFixit - Replacing a PowerBook G4 PRAM Battery It's more than a small bug. I run a web cam on it. I travel frequently. The power here goes out frequently. I need it to restart after outages.
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