On 11/12/10, Yersinia wrote: >About the G-book first: iBook G3/800 running Tiger 10.4.11. > >Do any of you have any idea why this otherwise has-always-been- >and-still-is wonderful iBook is suddenly shutting down on me without >warning when it's still got 50-60% battery juice left in it? Sometimes >in the past on those few occasions I was admittedly not paying attention >to battery usage, it would TELL me it was running on reserve battery >power and would shut down soon if I didn't supply it with wall juice, >and when I'd plug it in, I'd find that yeah, the battery was at 5% or less. > >Now it just shuts down in the 50-something % range. I did a PRAM zap >but that didn't help it -- it still did the sudden shutdown when it hit >that range.
I have a similar issue with the battery on my Pismo. My theory is that one (or more) cells is somewhat (but not completely) degraded, and giving less capacity than the others. You might want to take a look at something like SlimBatteryMonitor: <http://www.orange-carb.org/SBM/> which includes the ability to enable a custom warning level for the battery. ...or buy a new battery. - Don -- 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/
