Re: Help 6100 dead????

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From: Peter Ceresole
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 00:00

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In article <AFE412809668A9A4@moneypit.demon.co.uk>,
robin@moneypit.demon.co.uk (Robin Jackson) wrote:

>My 6100 has suddenly stopped doing ANYTHING.
>
>A week or so ago I noticed the clock had reset to 1956...
>
>Now when I power on I not the normal Ding!!!
>
>Then NOTHING..
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>No disk activity (hard or floppy) and no screen.
>
>Could this be a dead battery or is it something a bit more MAJOR????

Luckily for you, it looks like the clock resetting is the clue. This means
that your battery was rather dead. Now it's probably *so* dead that it
can't start the machine when you press the key. That's the drawback of not
having a physical Big Red Switch.

Changing the battery should fix it. 

-- 
Peter

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Date: 1997/07/05
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