Khan, this may be a little confusing, but here's the surprising part: The hard disk isn't dead. It has spun up, functioned and the computer booted off of it several times, but it can be very picky every now and then. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Before, the computer used to spit nonsense onto the screen and give me random Sad Mac error codes because the hard disk wouldn't cooperate. Now, it doesn't do that anymore. I get the cursor without any issues at all and the hard disk spins up. When it boots up, I get the desktop, but the computer will keep going to sleep every 10 seconds, because it says "No battery reserve power remains." Now before I have to be reminded again, I am aware that the caps are the likely cause. I have been told this several times, and I'm currently planning on having the logic board recapped as soon as possible because I acknowledge what techknight and Uniserver are saying. But I'm trying to focus on one thing at a time, because we all have a life to live here. Work, sleep, we all have a lot of other things to do along with fixing old Macintosh Portables. But sometime during this repair process, I'll see what other issues I have to fix, like the battery connection, which is probably contributing to (not the only cause of) the sleep issue. I've been using alligator clips (because that's all I have at the moment), so I'm trying to find battery terminals for both the compartment and the new battery. And if the speaker is still faulty after recapping, I'll replace that, too. Hopefully all of you will understand what I'm trying to say, and thanks again!
