Thanks for that information. I didn't know that a battery could just die with no warning. That's about what it did, too—I was playing X- Plane 5 on it, plugged in (supposedly—the AC port was bad at that point and it might have been loose; I replaced it with a solid, working one off the logic board I bought), and it just instantaneously died. I should have thought it would have gone to sleep, but I suppose if the charge was low enough (this was in late 2007 with an original 1999 Tangerine iBook), the old battery might have just kicked the bucket. A shame… it still gave 4 hours of life toward the end. The symptoms of a logic board failure sound awfully close to a battery failure, though. I need to get myself a voltmeter to test it. In the meantime, would a battery that won't charge display as having a low charge in OS 9? Or would that be an X over the icon? 'Cause I get either one at different times.
On Nov 30, 4:03 pm, "Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > There is no PRAM battery in iBooks - they use the rechargeable battery > for that. And it's possible for a battery to die "like that" with no > warning. All it takes is for it to drain completely and a single cell > inside it reverse polarity. Then it's time to rebuild or replace the > thing. > > Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
