Austin, All the symptoms point to a dead battery. You're doing the right thing by ruling out everything else, but I highly doubt it'll come back from the grave...
Good luck, Felix On Dec 3, 11:02 pm, Austin Leeds <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, Caio. My clamshell (now my sister's) has > been sitting unused for some time now, so I figured it would be safe > to try what you recommended. I reset CUDA, reset PRAM (4 chimes), > reset NVRAM, and booted. The power ring (amber light) said it was > charging, OS 9 said it wasn't. Ran the battery reset. Same thing. At > least now the amber light hasn't gone off yet. A good sign, perhaps? > Well, I'll let you know in the morning. I'm having my sister let it > sit and charge overnight. > A little further description of the problem: > Will not boot from battery. Boots and runs fine from AC. > Light goes from amber to green in only a few minutes, still won't > boot from battery. > OS 9 shows that there is a battery (zilch charge), but it won't > charge it. > > This was such a good laptop while it was mobile. It survived 1.5 years > in a house with growing children, the cold interior of a van in > winter, the heat of a dark-colored van in summer, it was dropped from > a foot off the ground onto carpet while running (still worked), and it > won me, a long-time PC, over to Apple Mac. While I have a more > powerful and adaptable laptop in the form of my Pismo G3, I still get > a little sentimental over that iBook. I really want to get it mobile > again (I don't like giving my sister my junk, but if I gave it to one > of my brothers, it would be worse off, and I don't have space to keep > it with me) and I'm trying to run through all my options. > Once again, thanks for everything this far. I hope somebody knows > for sure what's going on. > > On Dec 2, 9:52 pm, Caio Franco <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.htmlandour > > >> netiquette guide is athttp://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). 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