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From: mcglade@rhea.trl.oz.au (bryan mcglade)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: IIcx has problems starting
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Date: 31 Aug 90 02:52:56 GMT
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anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson) writes:

>From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
>Subject: IIcx has problems starting

>>After the machine has been off for a while, say overnight, it will not turn on
>>again with either the keyboard or the switch in back.  To turn it on, I have
>>to unplug the Mac, wait 10 or 15 seconds, plug it back in, and hit the keyboard
>>a few times until it turns on.

>It sounds like weak batteries. Did CJS Systems try replacing them?

>                                        --clark

we have quite a few ci's here ant they have almost all exhibited this problem.
the fix used was as described above.

weak batteries? does the ci use batteries to sense an "on" switch action? we
aren't refering to the pram battery here are we?


bryan.