Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!fernwood!lia!jgro
From: jgro@lia (Jeremy Grodberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Modifying MacII, IIfx soft power switch so Mac powersup after power failure
Summary: WARNING
Keywords: WARNING
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.220018.5989@lia>
Date: 26 Feb 91 22:00:18 GMT
References: <1991Feb14.230426.8814@bwdls61.bnr.ca> <1991Feb18.162416.28945@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
Reply-To: jgro@lia.com (Jeremy Grodberg)
Lines: 16

In article <1991Feb18.162416.28945@bwdls61.bnr.ca> bschmidt@bnr.ca (Ben Schmidt (BNR)) writes:
>[concerning how to get a Mac II to auto-reboot after a power failure]
>I even got a suggestion to tape the soft power switch down.  
>Unfortunately that doesn't work either.  

*DON'T DO THAT* even if it works.  When you press the soft key on the Mac
II, power flows from some lithium batteries soldered onto the motherboard
to the power-on relay.  If you leave the power switch taped down, you will
drain the battery, and be unable to start you mac without a costly
motherboard modification to replace the batteries!  The happened to me 
due to a broken keyboard where the power button got stuck.


-- 
Jeremy Grodberg      "I don't feel witty today.  Don't bug me."
jgro@lia.com