I left the battery in and charging overnight and, lo and behold, when I checked the next morning, it registered a full charge. I guess it just took a while to get "warmed up." Now I just have to remember not to wait another 6 months to put my other battery in and charge it up.
Does anyone know of a way to make these spare Powerbook batteries "keep" longer if unused. Or is it simply a necessity to use them every so often to keep them from dying for good -- a "use it or lose it" scenario? > Apple released a battery firmware update a while back that fixed some > battery problems. My battery would show 100%, would click down to > about 90% and then immediately drop to 0%. The firmware update fixed > it for me. If it doesn't work for you, then you'll need a new battery. > It's a good chance after 6 months that the battery won't charge again. > When these batteries are completely drained of juice, often they won't > come back completely, if at all. > > Hope this helps! > > -- > Bryan C. Forrest > Macintosh Specialist & Asst. Network Administrator > LifeNet > http://www.lifenet.org > > On Dec 29, 2004, at 5:14 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > >> I have a spare battery for my Powerbook G4 that's been sitting unused >> for about 6 months. I just put it in the computer to charge it up and >> after an hour or so it still reads 0% charged. >> >> Does this likely mean it's dead? Is there any way to revive it? >> >> Dan >> ----- >> I'm going to come up with a clever signature line as soon as Jerry >> Yeager does. >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
