Juliet Elysa Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 My Performa has a strange quirk. It seems to be morally opposed to giving system errors with text in them. Either that, or it's just too lazy for words. These errors pop up when I leave the Performa running unattended for a certain period of time. Also, like most system errors, they sometimes appear for no apparent reason. The crashes don't interrupt normal use of the computer - it crashes about as often as most other computers do when they're actively being used. The Performa has been in my family since before I was born, and nearly all of the bomb errors I've seen have looked like this: I believe my Performa runs System 7.5.1. The crashing isn't a huge problem. It's just really weird, and I'm curious if anybody else has (or knows of) a computer that crashes like this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macdrone Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 My performa 63x's do that. Usually due to dead pram battery. It's a square battery on the slide out motherboard. Also update to 7.5.5 if you get a chance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juliet Elysa Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Does a dead PRAM battery have any other noticeable symptoms? Other than the blank bomb messages I don't recall ever seeing anything abnormal. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macdrone Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 No its just kind of quirky that way. I always noticed it more on waking from sleep on my 638CD. It doesn't hurt anything but 7.5.5 took away some of the issues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juliet Elysa Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 OK. Little glitches and stuff like that are what make computers most interesting, in my opinion. Thanks again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilykat Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Isn't the 630 series the last of low end Macs before 68k was completely retired in favor of PPC? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macdrone Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Yes. They were LC 040's and no real expansion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XBHS1997 Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 If you want to replace the PRAM-battery (I think it's a Rayovac 840), you can do this by soldering 3 AA-batteries together. Did that on my 4400/200, works just fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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