Re: Battery Problems Solved!!!

2006-02-21 Thread calebcupplessocialism
If you left the lombard unplugged with the dead battery in it, how did the battery get charged ? What exactly was the symptom of the dead battery ? Mad Dog The battery had a full charge before it started acting weird. It would show no charge on the lights and a full charge according to the

Battery Problems Solved!!!

2006-02-20 Thread calebcupplessocialism
Since someone mentioned that they appreciate people posting to inform of the resolution of a problem, allow me this. My battery is fixed!!! I the Lombard unplugged in sleep mode for about seven hours, and the battery worked when I plugged it back in. It showed all 4 LEDs and a full charge in

Re: Clamshell iBook battery problems

2005-01-05 Thread Wade Dunham
Shawn: My work number is 889-1115, and my cell phone is 614-506-8752. Thanks. Wade On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:26:34 -0500, Shawn Harley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wade, Call me @ 538-0213 in a few minutes. I live near the MicroCenter on Bethel Rd. Shawn On Jan 4, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Wade

My previous message re: Clamshell iBook battery problems

2005-01-05 Thread Wade Dunham
Apologies to the list for my previous message. It was intended to be a private reply. That was the first time I used my G-mail account to reply to a message, and I didn't notice that it was going to the list. It won't happen again! Wade -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Clamshell iBook battery problems

2005-01-04 Thread Wade Dunham
Anyone in the Central Ohio area have a clamshell iBook that I could test my batteries in, or let me try your battery in mine? I have two batteries, and despite trying everything I can find to resurrect them, they seem to be dead. I want to confirm that I have two bad batteries, and not a bad

Re: Clamshell iBook battery problems

2005-01-04 Thread Shawn Harley
Wade, Call me @ 538-0213 in a few minutes. I live near the MicroCenter on Bethel Rd. Shawn On Jan 4, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Wade Dunham wrote: Anyone in the Central Ohio area have a clamshell iBook that I could test my batteries in, or let me try your battery in mine? I have two batteries, and

Pismo battery problems

2004-09-03 Thread Dan Colwell
I have 2 Li-Ion batteries that I swap monthly in my 400MHz Pismo G3 powerbook, 768 RAM, 40G hard drive using 10.3.5. One of the batteries doesn't lock in place and each time I lug it around between work and home it slips out some. This makes me have to reset the date and time. I had my PRAM

Re: Battery Problems

2003-12-22 Thread BA
Yup, have done all of those things. -Bob- Bob Angell 1238 Fenway Avenue, SLC, UT 84102-3212 v: 801.583.8544; cell/sms: 801.824.7343 email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Had Momma Cass Karen Carpenter shared that ham sandwich, they might be with us today! On Dec 21, 2003, at 9:39 PM, Laurent

Re: Battery Problems

2003-12-22 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 22/12/03 11:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, have done all of those things. -Bob- Bob Angell 1238 Fenway Avenue, SLC, UT 84102-3212 v: 801.583.8544; cell/sms: 801.824.7343 email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Had Momma Cass Karen Carpenter shared that ham sandwich,

Re: Battery Problems

2003-12-22 Thread Illovox Media
on 12/21/03 7:53 PM, BA at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I have one of the first G4 Powerbooks (400 MHz) that is only getting 40-50 minutes on a full battery charge. I have tried several times to cycle (on batteries) the machine to try to get the battery life to improve. I have also

Battery Problems

2003-12-21 Thread BA
Folks, I have one of the first G4 Powerbooks (400 MHz) that is only getting 40-50 minutes on a full battery charge. I have tried several times to cycle (on batteries) the machine to try to get the battery life to improve. I have also reset (I THINK) the PMU (however, the date/time were

Re: Wall Street Battery problems

2003-09-06 Thread Paul DiGiovanni
Here's an update: I finally swapped the G4/500 Crescendo out of the Wall Street that would not run on battery power, restoring the original processor (G3/266 MHz) with additional RAM (256 MB in the top slot; 64 MB in the bottom). This PowerBook now runs on battery and AC with its original

Wall Street Battery problems

2003-09-01 Thread Paul DiGiovanni
I upgraded a Wall Street unit with a Sonnet Crescendo G4/500. I had a problem with the PRAM battery (even before installing the processor upgrade) which went away when the PRAM battery was replaced. However, I am having the following problem: I can start up from the battery that came with the

Re: Wall Street Battery problems

2003-09-01 Thread Krevnik
From: Paul DiGiovanni [EMAIL PROTECTED] I upgraded a Wall Street unit with a Sonnet Crescendo G4/500. I had a problem with the PRAM battery (even before installing the processor upgrade) which went away when the PRAM battery was replaced. However, I am having the following problem: I can

Battery problems

2003-07-31 Thread James Rohde
Well, my problem is slightly different from the post by Emma - my PowerBook (Pismo/2000/FireWire) battery suddenly will not hold any charge. It started when the power went off here few days ago during a storm. Forgetful/foolish me, I kept going instead of immediately unplugging the AC

Re: Battery problems

2003-07-31 Thread Lewin Edwards
me one lit LED on it. Right after the power went out, I tried and only the first LED flashed, briefly. There is a battery reset utility for Pismo, I *believe* (I kind of got lost in the circumlocutive system requirements on Apple's site but the description did say G3 Series PowerBooks). I didn't

Re: Battery problems

2003-07-31 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 31/07/03 16:12, Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: me one lit LED on it. Right after the power went out, I tried and only the first LED flashed, briefly. There is a battery reset utility for Pismo, I *believe* (I kind of got lost in the circumlocutive system requirements on Apple's

Re: Battery problems

2003-07-31 Thread Lewin Edwards
here is a battery reset utility for Pismo, I *believe* (I kind of got lost in the circumlocutive system requirements on Apple's site but the description did say G3 Series PowerBooks). I didn't bother I've tried that utility when I had problems with an almost dead battery in my Pismo. The utility

Re: Battery problems

2003-07-31 Thread Dan K
Lewin Edwards wrote: Sorry. I searched on Apple for more details just now and found an article that says The Battery Reset application is not needed, and will not work on an iBook or PowerBook (FireWire) computer. So that was a red herring. Hmm, but Battery Reset _does_ work with a Lombard.

PowerBook G4 12/17 Battery Problems

2003-06-09 Thread Matt Peacock
Hi, I, along with other G-Books members gave some advice to someone on this list for their powerbook battery not reaching full charge, if I remember correctly they had it replaced. Just reading the service manual and if the computer charges to 95% or under, replace the DC board, ie, if

Re: lombard replacement battery problems

2003-03-28 Thread Thomas Bridgeland
I went to my local chain computer store and lo and behold they had an APC replacement lombard battery This is a lithium ion battery? These things age even sitting on the shelf. Does it have a date on it? it may be effectively as old as the original battery you had. in fact they had

Re: lombard replacement battery problems

2003-03-28 Thread Robert Easton
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 04:35 PM, Thomas Bridgeland wrote: I went to my local chain computer store and lo and behold they had an APC replacement lombard battery This is a lithium ion battery? These things age even sitting on the shelf. Does it have a date on it? it may be

lombard replacement battery problems

2003-03-27 Thread Robert Easton
I inherited a lombard and since the original battery only last for about an hour I went to my local chain computer store and lo and behold they had an APC replacement lombard battery in fact they had several of them. So i brought it home and smacked it in and it charged up. Cool! then I let it

Re: Wallstreet power(battery) problems......

2002-11-28 Thread Andrew Johnson
On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 04:38 PM, John Stone wrote: Hello all, I've got a Wallstreet 300mhz running 10.2. When putting it to sleep, and then picking it up by the left(battery) side, (I'm left handed) it shuts off. The only way to get it started again is to use the