Re: Help 6100 dead????

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From: Stephen Finlay
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 00:00

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Peter Ceresole wrote:

> 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..
> >
> >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.

Unfortunately, the 6100 does have a physical 'Big Red Switch' :-), so a
dead battery shouldn't stop it starting (at least it should display
_something_ on the monitor).

Best take your Mac to a service centre.

Steve

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From: Stephen Finlay <sfinlay@s054.aone.net.au>
Subject: Re: Help 6100 dead????
Date: 1997/07/06
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