Hi All... I recently dug out my Wallstreet G3/266 to play with.... I have a CD of retro arcade games that started calling to me. ;-) Still works great with one problem... the battery!
The battery is there and locked into place but battery status shows a red ³X². I¹m thinking about getting a new battery but I have a question. My battery went missing overnight. One morning the status showed ~2.5 hours and performance seemed to prove this to be true. That evening I replaced the 4GB HD with a ³massive² 10GB beast. Reinstalled the OS and shut down for the night. Started up the next morning and I ³had no battery²!? Can a battery go from 2.5 hours capacity to non-existent overnight? I vaguely recall from somewhere that it might possible to disconnect the powerboard connection when replacing a hard drive. Looking at iFixit I don¹t see how that could be done. Could I have damaged the charging circuitry doing the drive replacement. Replacing the drive is the only time I¹ve ever had the case open. I don¹t absolutely have to have the battery to play games, but I¹m kind of the mind-set ³If the thing is there, it had better damn work!² Appreciate any suggestions or advice. Many thanks, Amanda -- 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/
