Hello All,
A coworker told me that he was about ready to get a new battery for his daughters Powerbook. He asked if there was any way to get more out of the battery she had before he plunked down $150 or so for a new one.
Since I had some luck getting more time out of my Pismo battery, I told him to try what I had done.
Here are the instructions I gave him:
restart with command-option-O-F to bring up open firmware
type reset-nvram
type reset-all
I got this from : http://www.macintouch.com/laptopbatt.html and it has been quoted here in G-Books as well.
As I said, it gave my old battery a nice boost. However, things didn't go as smoothly for him. In fact, the laptop died and would not restart. Unfortunately he ran out of Applecare just a month or so ago. He took it in to a local Apple shop and they had to replace the motherboard. Cost him over $400. They said that it had nothing to do with my "help", but I feel terrible about it. I remember several posting about this and nothing about any adverse affects.
So... Could running these instructions fry a motherboard? I don't know exactly what type of Powerbook his daughter has. I could find out if needed.
Thanks in advance for any info.
Dan-
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