John,
You can take it to a Genius Bar if you have an Apple
store near where you live, or you can take it to a Mac dealer.
I have no clue where you live, but if convenient to
Rockville, MD, you can bring it to the Washington
Apple Pi Clinic on any Tuesday evening from 7PM
to 9PM they can diagnose it for a small donation.
THE VARIABLES are AC power source, AC adapter,
the battery, there are also some charging circuits
in the laptop.
I am guessing that the battery is bad.
One way to prove that, is to remove the battery, plug in the AC
power adapter (brick) if it runs, then the battery has gone bad.
Phil Marchetti
Marchetti Associates, LLC
301 404-2210
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MarchettiAssociates.com
On Jul 11, 2007, at 12:48 PM, John McDonald wrote:
I should have been clearer. The laptop shuts down in the same way
it would
if it's running only off the battery. If it sits over night, it
will start
start enough to boot but the battery power level indicates 0%
before the
machine dies. The laptop wont start with the battery removed. Also
leaving
the battery in and the ac adaptor plugged in doesn't seem to
recharge the
batter.
I plan to try a different ac adaptor later today or tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone for the help
John
On 7/10/07, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When you say the battery is not being charged I presume you mean it
has been removed from the Powerbook? Or is the battery indicator
saying it does not need a charge?
Mine will not start if the battery is installed but completely run
down. It will run if the dead battery is removed. And the light is
green when running without the battery installed.
On Jul 10, 2007, at 9:02 AM, John McDonald wrote:
> I have an Apple Powerbook, it's a G4, 857mgh, 15 inch model. It
> wont run
> when using the ac adaptor and the battery isn't being charged. The
> light
> where the adaptor plugs into the computer is orange and not green.
>
> Not sure exactly what is at fault, it could the the ac adaptor,
> something
> internally in the laptop or maybe a battery issue. If anyone has
> advice on
> how to process from here, I'd really appreciate any suggestions on
> what to
> do to narrow down what is wrong and how to process.
>
> John
>
>
>
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