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-Sounds like your battery needs replacement. Not sure how easy it is to get to without removing the logic board.
+Yep, it sounds like your battery needs replacement. Not sure how easy it is to get to without removing the logic board.
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You might be able to get to it via the RAM access door.
-As to why I’m guessing you have a anti-vampire power strip which is slowly killing your system [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power|Standby Power] All iMacs leverage a small trickle to hold its settings, even still Mac’s have a backup battery so you don’t loose the settings when moving the system or when you have a power outage. Even still the battery has a life span when you are always using it. The battery has a lifespan of about five years as long as you are still using standby power.
+As to why I’m guessing you have an anti-vampire power strip which is slowly killing your system [link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power|Standby Power] All iMacs leverage a small trickle to hold its settings, even still Mac’s have a backup battery so you don’t loose the settings when moving the system or when you have a power outage. Even still the battery has a life span when you are always using it. The battery has a lifespan of about five years as long as you are still using standby power.
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Original post by: Dan

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Sounds like your battery needs replacement. Not sure how easy it is to get to without removing the logic board.

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You might be able to get to it via the RAM access door.

As to why I’m guessing you have a anti-vampire power strip which is slowly killing your system [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power|Standby Power] All iMacs leverage a small trickle to hold its settings, even still Mac’s have a backup battery so you don’t loose the settings when moving the system or when you have a power outage. Even still the battery has a life span when you are always using it. The battery has a lifespan of about five years as long as you are still using standby power.

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