Brendan Miller (brmiller@netgate.net)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 22:37:11 -0800
On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 07:42:16PM -0500, Larry Snyder wrote:
> I ran into a multia today that looked like it didn't want to initialize
> the TGA at boot time. All we had was a solid cursor in the bottom
> left corner of the screen It just sat there. Eventually, we got it to
> boot. There was an error of around 20 minutes in the clock. I seem
> to recall that this may be indicative of a dead/dying battery. Can
> someone give me a sanity check on this?
> TIA,
> -ls-
Hey, Larry, Brendan again...
Yep, that's the culprit. Block cursor in lower cursor in what usually
appears to be a graphics mode means dead battery. I can't remember
where I read this.
Anyway, if you're in a part of the world where it's easy to get a
replacement battery, it's worth a try. (It cured my machine with
the same problem.)
Say, you get your floppy covers yet?
Brendan
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