On 3/11/03 3:43 AM, "Charlie Meyerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Still wrestling with a troublesome graphite iBook SE (graphite) and battery, > OS X (the 10.2.8 rebuild) and/or System 9. > > Here's the problem: > > After charging the battery for about 10 minutes (adding about 1-3 percentage > points of additional charge), the laptop's power-ring turns from orange to > green and it won't charge any more -- unless I remove the battery and > reinsert it. Then, the process begins again, and I get another few > percentage points of power, but that's all. > > I have tried what I believe to be all the standard remedies in various > combinations: Power Manager Reset, zapping PRAM (Command-Option-P-R as well > as Tech Tool), System 9 and OS X (the rebuild of 10.2.8), the Open Firmware > commands "RESET-NVRAM" and "RESET-ALL, Battery Amnesia software (under > System 9) .... > > And yet the problem persists: Just a few percentage points of additional > juice per recharge-after-battery-removal-and-reinsertion. > > Seems as if the battery itself is fine; it's less than a year old, and -- > once I get it recharged using this clunky method -- it runs the computer > just fine, for a long period of time. > > Theories or suggestions, anyone? Is it the iBook or the battery? > > Thanks. > > CM > > I have heard of someone on this list (might have been the iBooks list, I'm not sure) using a piece of wire to short out 2 of the terminals on his 'book, which reset the circuitry and all went well after that. Perhaps look through the archives for it...? Sorry I'm not of more help :-) Wiebe -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
