From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:44:55 -0800 From: Ethan Benson To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: firewire screwup Message-ID: <20010829144455.P28241@plato.local.lan> References: <15244.11337.823289.698210@titan.metzler> <15244.47416.198967.661158@titan.metzler> <20010829041634.M28241@plato.local.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gS/sOEqITpbrYRmu" In-Reply-To: ; from tas@mindspring.com on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 01:48:51PM -0700 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: --gS/sOEqITpbrYRmu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 01:48:51PM -0700, Timothy A. Seufert wrote: > At 4:16 AM -0800 8/29/01, Ethan Benson wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 04:38:51AM -0700, Timothy A. Seufert wrote: > >> > >> It isn't enough to remove the main battery of a PowerBook -- all Macs > >> and PowerBooks have a tiny internal backup battery which keeps the > >> real time clock and NVRAM contents alive when the normal power > >> sources are not present. You have to disconnect it if you want to > >> reset anything. You also need to allow time for all capacitors to > >> fully discharge before the NVRAM is truly cleared (it's battery > >> backed SRAM, and SRAM can keep its contents alive on microamps of > >> current). Overnight usually seems to be enough. > > > >that won't even work on a NewWorld, since on newworld nvram contents > >are stored in flash. >=20 > Did work on a New World for me (B&W). Maybe only core99 & later use=20 > flash for nvram? no my machine is a blue g3. --=20 Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ --gS/sOEqITpbrYRmu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline --gS/sOEqITpbrYRmu-- ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/