Yeah, both of those batteries are really dead. I've head great luck 
getting large volumes of pram batteries at low prices from 
resale.headgap.com. Their going unit price is $6.44 shipped. That is of 
course if you don't want to do the mod suggested by John (Though that 
works great too..) I'd get some fresh batteries (replace both... you 
don't want your other machine to stop working either) and I bet your 
problem will be gone.

-Matt

On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 02:19  AM, John Klos wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> Both LCII batteries is labeled 3.6V. I tested the battery of the 
>> working
>> LCII and I got ~0.770V. The battery of the other indicates ~0.049V. 
>> None
>> of the batteries look normal, but the working LCII is fine even with
>> this ~0.770V battery.
>
> That's pretty dead, even if it does work. Those batteries cost $10 at
> Radio Hack, so I usually buy a battery holder that takes two AAA
> batteries, attach it to the MB with double sided foam tape, and solder 
> the
> wires onto the battery posts. Total cost is less than $3 USD, and the
> batteries last forever.
>
> John Klos
> Sixgirls Computing Labs
>