changing the clock battery

[zoran]

It seems that it has reeched the end of its life because everytime i boot i get the message that i have to set the clock, so i take it that this is responsibility of the internal clock battery. Are there any tutorials on how to change it by one self?

 

[kwood72]

Here is a good site for that info. Scroll down to the "battery" section near the end, and you will find several links for tutorials about changing the battery and also where to buy it. BTW, what model PowerPC do you have?

https://sites.google.com/site/macpram/mac-pram-nvram-cuda-pmu-battery-tutorial

 

[zoran]

BTW, what model PowerPC do you have?

well its a good old Powerbook G4, 1.67 Ghz PowerPC G4 with 1GB DDR SDRAM... why are u asking?

 

[kwood72]

well its a good old Powerbook G4, 1.67 Ghz PowerPC G4 with 1GB DDR SDRAM... why are u asking?

Sorry, for some reason I thought you had an iMac. I think Other World Computing has some info & instructions for you on the Powerbook battery.

 

[Giuly]

Yours would be Aluminum.

 

[zoran]

Yours would be Aluminum.

excellent guide, thanx so mutch... just two questions
1. why (in step10 ) must i disconnect the trackpad ribbon from the logic board, what is the use of this step?
2. where can i get a PRAM battery?

 

[MacHamster68]

answer to question 2 is ebay
and answer to question 2 is for precaution so you dont rip it of as many find themself having a not working trackpad after putting all back together because they stretched it a bit to far

 

[zoran]

This is very strange, all of a sudden the PRAM battery works fine without hesitation and no boot messages. Could it be that i left the laptop connected to the power outlet for all night?