Thanks for your reply, Malcolm; I'll interleave my answers below:
On Monday, January 9, 2006, at 10:34 am, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:
Sorry, I forgot to say that I'm using Jaguar.
On Friday, December 26, 2036, at 06:20 am, Susan Platter wrote:
I've just bought a new battery for my Wallstreet and, although it
charged up, it will not start up without the mains plugged in. At
first, when I unplugged the mains, it kept going, but this morning it
blacked out when I did that. I have installed Battery Reset 2, but
was
told that it did not need that. Even with the mains plugged in, I
have
to do the reset routine before it will start up. Any suggestions,
please?
Battery and charging issues are VERY common on Wallstreets and I guess
most
of my fault finding approaches may well not be too helpful for you,
but here
goes ...
Is it an Apple battery or 3rd party ?
Third party, bought on eBay.
Any lights on the battery ?
It's showing 3 lights, but if I push on it, the machine crashes (same
with old battery)
Does the battery charge in another machine or a known good battery
work in
yours ?
I have no other PB to try it in and the old battery charged all right.
Does it charge with the machine turned off ?
Yes, that's how I charged it and it charged up quickly.
Have you checked that the EMI shielding near the DC in socket isn't
shorting
to it ?
Pardon?
Did you do any resets on the machine with the battery in BEFORE you had
problems ?
No. Sometimes the battery icon in the menu bar shows a battery with a
black cross on it, at other times it shows a mains plug and 100% in
brackets.
Is the PRAM battery good ?
Probably not, as the date resets without the main battery in, or when
it has malfunctioned.
Regards
Susan
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