In article <DAN.92Dec19133214@dynasty.dyndata.uucp>, dan@dyndata.uucp (Dan
Everhart) wrote:
>
> In article <16804@pak.UUCP> kvj@triple-i.com (Karl vonJena) writes:
>
> > Wow! This is a new one on me. But I might suspect that the power outage caused a surge that either tripped a breaker (if you have one), blew the power supply, or (gad!) fried your motherboard. Since you don't get any power at all, it's probably the first two.
>
> Nope. A day or so later I hit the button and it started up. The room
> temperature was much higher then, which gives credibility to the
> following:
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> > From: rajiv@athena.mit.edu (Rajiv A Manglani)
> > I believe that the battery needs to be replaced. On newer Macs (the IIcx and
> > up) the mac draws power from the outlet to turn it on. The IIx requires power
> > from the batter. See your Authorized Apple Dealer.
>
> Do I *really* need to see the dealer about replacing a battery...?
>
Yep, the little bugger is soldered onto the motherboard! Thanks Apple.
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