On 6/25/09, Jan wrote:
> I took what I thought was my perfectly good emac to my
> classroom for the students to use. I turned it on (or tried
> to) and all there is is a black screen, no sound, and the
> light on the front stays yellow. What could be wrong?
>
> Thanks!
Is the light the power on button?

Was it unplugged for a long time?

could be the backup battery (yes desktop mac's have batteries)
a small battery that keeps track of the screen, printer, clock
and other settings when you unplug your mac. Normal life is
approx. 5 yrs.

You could try a power manager reset, or zapping the pram but
if you get it working don't unplug it.

N

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