The National Enquirer reports at 12:23 PM -0800 9/14/04, Peter Stein wrote:
>Pismo 500:1gb ram:40gb Hitachi 5400:Matshita UJ-825B DVD-R:OS 10.3.5 >I have owned a BTI battery for about a year and a month ago the >capacity was holding well at 99/100% (about 4 hours for mild use). >One day I looked up to see that my battery had stopped charging at >69%. I was unhappy of course and went through the extensive efforts >of OF resets, PRAM resets, PMU resets, charging in other bay, etc. > >No improvement at all. In fact it dropped to 67% and held. > >Within a week the battery would only charge to 29% - now it is >holding a 27% charge which lasts all of 20 minutes with Airport >running. > >Any experience with losing a third of your capacity at a time? This >battery shouldn't crap out so blatantly after only a year, right? At >$140 bucks I don't feel like I got my moneys worth at all. Has >anyone RMA'd a BTI battery before? I have run across numerous complaints about BTI PB batteries. Even though they might replace ones that fail within their warranty period, it doesn't help a whole lot if the replacements fail as well. And I have seen a number of reports about that happening as well. I personally would be extremely wary of buying a BTI battery for my PB. My $.02 worth, Bob -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
