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Spontaneous Performa Boot up
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Glasgow, Scotland UK
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can anyone help me with a problem i've got with an old Performa 6200. The system is running OS 7.5.5 i think. the moniter blew up a while ago and since then replaced and then one blew as well, the machine was then left alone for a few months and then a week ago it began to sponateously boot up all on its own! does anyone have any idea why this might be? i have never encountered this before and the only reason i can think is that the power supply is dodgy. does anyone have any experience of this unusual thing.
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"You can't waste a life hating people, because all they do is live their life, laughing, doing more evil."
-ALPHA ROBERTSON,whose daughter was one of four girls killed in the bombing of a Birmingham, Ala., church in 1963.
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<newcomer from Italy>
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Just my experience: did you by any chance activate an IR remote control (like a TV one) in the surroundings? The Performa has a small IR detector in the front panel which could be the reason of the unexpected power-on.
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Oregon
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Very good chance it's the PRAM battery. As the battery approaches total discharge, these kinds of things begin to happen . Usually the clock begins to lose time (when powered off), followed later by power-up problems of various flavors (symptoms vary by Mac model). Pull the battery, if you're not going to use the computer for a while, or replace it.
You might want to check out this battery page.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Do you have a cat? I've had more than one mac started by the cats walking on the keyboard. Now if only they would type out a thesis!
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Stockholm
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I've had the exact same problem. Scares the **** out of you in the middle of the night. (Admittidly I am quite a chicken)
Anyway, my battery failed and I replaced it with a fresher one. After that the problem stopped.
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