Austin, Try to put the battery away for at least one week, then put it in again and see what happens. Just before you put it at its place, reset CUDA (that little spot under an arrow close to the screen - to reset it, please remember to do it completely OFFLINE - no AC, no battery), reset PRAM (command+option+P+R when you turn on the computer - please hold it till you hear at least 4 chimes) and reset NVRAM (command+option+O+F, then, at the prompt, type reset-nvram (ENTER) and reset-all (ENTER). That method worked for my Blueberry, hope works for you too!
Best regards, Caio 2009/12/1 Austin Leeds <[email protected]> > 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]<g-books%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- 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/
