I found the battery reset application and installed it and battery still does not take a charge. I attempted Lee's suggestion and that did not work either.
The cheapest battery I can find for the Powerbook is $171. Either someone suggested or I read it on apple's web site that an external charger might do the trick. Does anyone outhere have a battery charger I can beg, borrow, steal, use, etc.? Thanks Harry Thursday, July 17, 200310:10 PMLee Larsonleelarson at mac.com >On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 02:40 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> I turned the machine on a few days ago and now the computer acts ad if >> the batter bay is empty. If I play with the battery and change bays >> sometimes the computer will see it but it will not charge it. > >Before you go out and plunk down $100 (or more) for a new battery, here >are a few things you can try. > >(1) Reset the power manager. How you do this depends on the model of >your Powerbook. Google on some combination of powerbook, battery and >power manager to find out for your model. > >(2) Reset the PRAM and NVRAM on your machine. To reset the PRAM on most >machines, hold down the option+apple+P+R at startup and let it bong >three or four times to make sure you get the NVRAM and the PRAM. > >(3) You can also reset all this stuff by booting into the firmware and >typing the commands reset-nvram and reset-all. You get into open >firmware by pressing apple+option+O+F while booting. > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
