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Sometimes the small battery on the motherboard gets low on power and makes the computer behave oddly. Can you open up the G4 and remove it? It won't remember the date anymore between boots, but it might power up.
The other thing to do while it's open is give it a vacuuming. An appalling amount of dust can collect inside a computer and that can sometimes be an issue. Just be careful not to dislodge any components while doing it.
Thanks Rob. I'll give that a try.
bonny,
have you tried rebooting the computer? that might be all it needs.
Yep. That was the whole point of turning it off last night. I've rebooted several times but cannot do so now because the power button is not working.
I took the battery out and cleaned up the inside but the button just won't engage.
What else can I do?
do you have a genius bar near you?
From National Geographic: Behold the Computer Revolution (Nov, 1970)
I haven't read the article yet, but the pictures are awesome.
Goodbye VHS.
As a consumer product. It's still in wide enough use in film and television that it will see some use there for a few more years.
There are two bars within 15 miles of me but this week is a wash. I can't even get the Apple stores to answer the phone.
Whimperwhinewail.
Not related to anything, but on Saturday I went to the Apple store on Michigan Ave. to buy a USB sound thingie. But the one in the store seemed different than the one I saw on the Apple Store website, so I got out my Aspire One to go online and check. After a minute there were three Apple store employees checking out my Aspire One and asking questions about it. They were amazed at how light it was. One employee commented on how odd it was that I had a bunch of Apple employees all impressed at a non-Apple computer.