Try a shareware utility called Battery Amnesia (you can get it from
Http://www.macintoshos.com/shareware.library/powerbook/powerbook.shtml
)
It will discharge your battery more completely than the powerbook
usually allows, if you repeat this several times (FULLY charging after
every time) it might restore your battery to a usable state. if not
then you will have to fork out for a new battery,
The cheapest I can see after a quick trawl of the web is $80 from
http://www.laptopmania.com
other sites are around $85-100. they do turn up regularly on ebay
though, but ensure that you are not being sold one that has been in
storage for the last 5 years as it will probably refuse to charge!
good luck,
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+ +-----Original Message-----
+ +From: Duo/2400 List
+ +[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
+ +Of Dave Perin
+ +Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 1:24 PM
+ +To: Duo/2400 List
+ +Subject: [Duo2400] Re: 2300 Battery Question
+ +
+ +
+ +I was afraid the battery was probably on its way out.
+ +Does anybody know
+ +what's the best place to get a new one for a decent price?
+ + Who makes a good
+ +battery for the Duo?
+ +
+ +-Dave
+ +
+ +> From: "Mark A. Kippert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ +> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
+ +> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 13:36:41 -0500
+ +> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List)
+ +> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: 2300 Battery Question
+ +>
+ +> Dave Perin on 2/21/01 12:12 PM wrote:
+ +>
+ +>> I have a Duo 2300 which has a problem knowing how much
+ +battery life it has.
+ +>> When I take it out of its dock and the battery is fully
+ +charged, both the
+ +>> menu bar icon and the Control Strip module show a FULL
+ +charge. However,
+ +>> when I use it for about ten minutes, the screen dims
+ +and it tells me that
+ +>> the battery is low. After a few more minutes, another
+ +dialog box tells me
+ +>> that it will shut down soon... and it does so after a
+ +couple more minutes.
+ +>>
+ +>> If the answer is to reset the Power Manager, I must not
+ +be doing it right.
+ +>> As far as I know, you just shut down, then hold in the
+ +power switch on the
+ +>> BACK of the laptop for about 45 seconds or so, right?
+ +I've tried that, all
+ +>> to no avail. Can anyone help me here?
+ +>>
+ +> Sounds like your doing it right. I would say you either
+ +need to recondition
+ +> the battery, because of memory effect, or it is on it's
+ +last leg. Once a
+ +> battery is about gone, the available running time drops
+ +to practically
+ +> nothing.
+ +>
+ +> -makmac
+ +>
+ +>
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