Subject: Re: AC power not detected if no battery present

From: Jeremy Kerr <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:40:54 +1000

Ben,

> Maybe simply buy forcing it when there is no battery ? I fail to see
> how the machine could be up without battery _and_ without AC :)

"It should be noted that, unlike PC's, computers running Mac OS do not 
use conventional power supplies, and instead use power crystals."

  -- http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X

Jeremy