Hi group, iBook 700MHz 640M OS 10.2 jugware (fresh install last weekend)
I suspect the PMU has gone South on this new iBook. The battery indicator shows 100% charge which actually last about 30 seconds while running on battery. Plug the charger in, it charges from 0-4%, then immediately indicates 100% charge. I have done the following in addition to removing/cleaning/re-seating the battery: 1. Attempted to reset the PMU, SHT+FN+CTRL+Power.(no reset button on the this rev.) On restart date and time are correct, expected 1914. I would say reset was unsucessful. 2. Installed OS 9x on a clean partition, booted into 9x, same behavior. 3. Plugged the charger into another iBook and satisfactorily charged it. Charger works fine. 4. I have not zeroed out and reinstalled. I did an erase/partition/jugware install late last week after a mysterious network problem. Anyone have any further suggestions before I call apple Service and ship the iBook off to Houston and the apple certified trashnichians? TIA...vDog (The horror stories I addressed as a Helper on the Apple iBook discussion forums depicting service damages leads me to cringe at the thought.) The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be October 22 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
