Austin, You may try this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60655 It's a battery reset software for clamshell and other g3 notebooks, please read the instructions carefully - it seems that it do no runs on OSX... Regards, Caio 2009/12/1 Caio Franco <[email protected]> > 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/
