On Sep 30, 2013, at 2:23 PM, Peter Goertzen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm having what seems to be a power problem with my 15-inch 1.5GHz PowerBook > G4 (A1106) running OS 10.5.8. I put it to sleep on Saturday after running it > off battery power for awhile; I'm guessing about 20% or so of the battery's > charge was left, but that's just a guess. It sat all day Sunday. This morning > (Monday) it wouldn't wake up. Flipping it over, I saw that the battery > appeared to be dead, with just one flashing LED. The PowerBook would not wake > up even after the power adapter was plugged in. > > I unplugged it and removed the battery, thinking that might resolve the > machine's confusion, but then it didn't do anything after I replaced the > battery and plugged it in. Resetting the PMU did nothing. I read somewhere > that it wouldn't boot until the battery had at least a 10% charge, so I > thought maybe I just needed to wait. But after a couple of hours, the single > flashing LED indicated that no charging was happening. Then, a couple hours > later, all the LEDs were lit, and the computer fired right up and showed a > fully charged battery. However, both coconutBattery and SlimBatteryMonitor > say that the battery is not charging and that the power adapter is > disconnected, even though it's plugged in. The computer seems to run fine off > the battery. Repeatedly resetting the PMU has made no difference. > > Both the battery and the power adapter are aftermarket and fairly new. The > power adapter is 65W and works fine with another PowerBook. It also fits > pretty tightly into the problem computer's socket, and doesn't wiggle. I'm > starting to suspect that the DC-in board is the culprit, but what do you > folks think? Ehh, it could be the battery, too. When they start dying all sorts of flaky things can happen. What does the Dock icon say about the power state? What does the power ring on the charger say (orange or green?) I don't suppose you could swap batteries, too with the other power book? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- 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/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Books" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
