Easiest fix is a new power supply.

On 10/28/10, Bill Long <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Have a 927lx that was experiencing boot problems due to Opsys not holding
> the system date.
>
> Thanks to Jack Connor determined that it was the power supply battery. The
> 6volt re-chargable.
> Ordered a new battery and installed it. Tried powering up the machine and
> that's when a new set of
> problems emerged. It sounds like a drive is spinning up but it only lasts
> for about three seconds then the
> sound stops and nothing further happens. The console doesn't display the
> startup system check at the bottom of the console.
>
> The one time I actually got it to spin all the way up (don't remember the
> circumstances, I've had the machine apart so many times) I received this
> error message - Cannot verify deassertion of POW-ON signal.
> Console/Lan card, system backplane or SPU defective.
>
> The only thing I can think of is I blew a fuse somewhere, either on the
> power supply or the AC line.
> I can see a green LED lit on the internal drive.
>
> Question - is there a fuse on the power supply or on the line and if so does
> anybody know where it is?
> I went through the CE manual and I can't really find any good info on fuses.
>
> ps: I re-installed the original battery to see if it would at least get to
> the CM prompt like it used to but it doesn't.
> That's what makes me think maybe I blew a fuse.
>
> Everybody, thanks in Advance.
>
> Bill
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