Re: Woah, my GS is acting FREAKY!

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>John writes ...
>> 
>> In a somewhat related vein...
>> 
>> I don't have a joystick attached to my GS
>> so I know that isn't the problem...
>> 
>> However, my control panel has, on a couple of 
>> occasions, actually reset itself
>> to GS defaults.  I had it happen again today 
>> when I booted the system off the
>> Zip Disk which has quite a few extra programs that it starts up.  I was
>> presented with an error saying that Appletalk needed to be set up in the
>> control panels for (I believe) AppleShare to start up.  Went to
>> the control panels and found that it was like it was when
>> I first got the machine.  Could
>> I have a battery that needs replaced or something?
>
>     Yes.
>
>     The standard GS battery is a 3.6V Lithium type rated at 1.2AH. To get to
>the battery, you must pop out the power supply. See
>http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2HDWHACK.html#007 for more information
about
>getting and installing a replacement.

Does John have a ROM 3?  On a ROM 3, the battery is located
on the motherboard next to the power supply in a battery holder.
It is the same type of battery as on the ROM 01 and Mac LC
but is more like the Mac LC in that the battery is not soldered.

So on a ROM 3, just go to a Mac store and ask for a Mac LC
battery, then replace the one in the battery holder.  On the
ROM 3, the power supply does not need to be removed to
replace the battery.

I also recommend using a BRAM backup program to save the
control panel settings.  Although not a disaster like a dead
CMOS RAM battery on a PC, lost BRAM can cause annoying
problems and is not always caused by a dead battery.  I've
had BRAM blackouts due to software glitches before.