G3 iMac and Battery

The computer now starts and runs fine, but it doesn't hold the date and time again.
Sleepmac wrote on :

500 mhz G3 iMac. OSX 103.9. The date and time were not holding. I checked the battery, although installed correctly, it was dead. I replaced the battery with a new one that checked out at 3.6 volts. The iMac refused to bootup! I scratched my head, and on a whim, I installed the new battery opposite from the correct position. The computer now starts and runs fine, but it doesn't hold the date and time again. The

  • and - battery terminal positions are displayed prominently on the board holder. And as I said above, I know the old battery was installed correctly.

Any ideas?

Erik Richard Sørensen replied on :

Sleepmac wrote:

500 mhz G3 iMac. OSX 103.9. The date and time were not holding. I checked the battery, although installed correctly, it was dead. I replaced the battery with a new one that checked out at 3.6 volts. The iMac refused to bootup! I scratched my head, and on a whim, I installed=

the new battery opposite from the correct position. The computer now starts and runs fine, but it doesn't hold the date and time again. The

  • and - battery terminal positions are displayed prominently on the board holder. And as I said above, I know the old battery was installed=

correctly.=20 =20 Any ideas?

Try to clean the bettery holder terminals with some isopropyl. The poles =

might have been moistered with some verdigris.

Then press the small PRAM button/CUDA button and hold it down for 4-5 sec= s.

In connection with the battery holder there is a small print containing=20 a condensor. If this condensor has been drained for the voltage, it has=20 to be 'recharged' before the battery will be able to work again.

Cheers, Erik Richard

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Rgds. Gr=FC=DFe, Mvh. Erik Richard S=F8rensen, Member of ADC
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Erik Richard Sørensen replied on :

Sleepmac wrote:

500 mhz G3 iMac. OSX 103.9. The date and time were not holding. I checked the battery, although installed correctly, it was dead. I replaced the battery with a new one that checked out at 3.6 volts. The iMac refused to bootup! I scratched my head, and on a whim, I installed=

the new battery opposite from the correct position. The computer now starts and runs fine, but it doesn't hold the date and time again. The

  • and - battery terminal positions are displayed prominently on the board holder. And as I said above, I know the old battery was installed=

correctly.=20 =20 Any ideas?

Try to clean the bettery holder terminals with some isopropyl. The poles =

might have been moistered with some verdigris.

Then after inserting the new battery press the small PRAM button/CUDA=20 button and hold it down for 4-5 secs.

In connection with the battery holder there is a small print containing=20 a condensor. If this condensor has been drained for the voltage, it has=20 to be 'recharged' before the battery will be able to work again.

Cheers, Erik Richard

--=20

Rgds. Gr=FC=DFe, Mvh. Erik Richard S=F8rensen, Member of ADC
<mac-man_NOSP@redacted.invalid_stofanet.dk>  <http://www.nisus.com>
NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Textprocessing
Sleepmac replied on :

In article 46dc4555$0$4154$ba624c82@redacted.invalid, Erik Richard S¯rensen NOSPAM@redacted.invalid wrote:

Sleepmac wrote:

500 mhz G3 iMac. OSX 103.9. The date and time were not holding. I checked the battery, although installed correctly, it was dead. I replaced the battery with a new one that checked out at 3.6 volts. The iMac refused to bootup! I scratched my head, and on a whim, I installed the new battery opposite from the correct position. The computer now starts and runs fine, but it doesn't hold the date and time again. The

  • and - battery terminal positions are displayed prominently on the board holder. And as I said above, I know the old battery was installed correctly.

Any ideas?

Try to clean the bettery holder terminals with some isopropyl. The poles might have been moistered with some verdigris.

Then after inserting the new battery press the small PRAM button/CUDA button and hold it down for 4-5 secs.

In connection with the battery holder there is a small print containing a condensor. If this condensor has been drained for the voltage, it has to be 'recharged' before the battery will be able to work again.

Cheers, Erik Richard

Thanx, I'll see what I can do with it in a few days. :-)

Dan