but not the main one.
This one is the reserve/backup battery which takes care of the PRAM which controls the Date, Time and a bunch of other settings.
Your next move now is to contact Apple to establish a case number and a date.
Without the battery functioning correctly, the machine will do strange things and, after a while when it is so discharged that it cannot be charged up again, the machine will not boot. Once again, this is NOT the main battery but the reserve one.
Hope you resolve this with Apple
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Hi there, I recently purchased a brand new Powerbook G4 15" 1.67GHz from Apple and have had no probelms for a good few weeks. However, the Powerbook seems to be incresingly turning itself off whenever it feels like it. Then when it is turned back on the clock has reset to 1979 (I think)!!
Any ideas what this problem may be, or how it can be resolved, or even why it is suddenly happening?!
Before anyone asks, the battery has plenty of charge left and there are no obvious reasons for the computer turning off.
Last night I was perusing the internet when the unit just switched itself off very suddenly for no apparent reason whatsoever. As usual I turned it on to be confronted with a wanring stating that the clock was set to a time before the year 2001.
Then earlier I was downloading music from the internet so dimmed the screen until it turned off, leaving the computer on to continue downloading... two minutes later I went to turn the screen back on, only to find that the unit had already magically turned itself off again... the same time issue accosted me as the computer was turned back on.
I tried clicking the mouse and hitting keys, but the unit was definitely off and not sleeping. Battery was again fine, infact almost totally full and being used now still to type this message over an hour later.
Many thanks in advance for your help.

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