"BWL" wrote in message
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I've repaired several of these with the low battery warning, and I've
never
seen this prevent startup; more likely there are some marginal caps in the
standby power circuit, or a marginal zener in the standby regulator
circuit;
these will cause highly intermittant operation, including long periods of
normal operation; sometimes simply unplugging and replugging the power
cord
will recharge the circuit enough to get it going. Eventually the standby
circuit will need servicing, if you can find a tech willing to work on it.


Sounds like he's capable of working on it so if it acts up again he'll
probably wanna have a look.