This does sound like a bad battery. Battery can develop memory, where they do/will not hold a charge. You can sometimes kick them over. ie make them loss their memory. I have done it with other devices but, never with a laptop. The way you have to do it is to let the battery run all the way down then recharge it. You have to do this a couple of times. I think that the newer batteries used in laptops this kind of issues should not happen.
Terry On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 10:15 AM, Brian O'Neal wrote: > > Have you tried a different battery? It kinda sounds like the battery > to me. > And per Apple... **See below. > I have had my ibook for 15 months and I am getting about an hour and > a half > per full charge. Unfortunatly, I don?t have warranty or apple care. I > am > going to have to spring another 129 to Apple for a new battery. My old > Powerbook batteries (3400c, 520c) seemed to last forever. But this one > has > degraded badly over the last few months. At first it was slow and I > didn?t > notice it. Now its just falling off. I could get 2hours about three > weeks > ago, now it 1.5 hours. > > Try a different battery before you ship it off to APPLE. > > Brian O'Neal > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > TOPIC > > This document provides troubleshooting steps for an iBook that operates > normally when plugged into AC power, but may not run on battery. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > DISCUSSION > > Symptom > > The iBook which operates normally when plugged into AC Power (wall > outlet), > does not operate using a battery. > > Products Affected > > * iBook > Note: This document only covers the iBook through iBook (FireWire) > > Solution > Try the following steps in the order listed to verify if the problem is > related to the battery or other component of the iBook. > > If the battery does not appear in the Control Strip or has a red X > through > it, you may want to try the Battery Update 2.0 available for download > from > the Apple Software Updates Web site at http://www.apple.com/swupdates. > . > 1. Ensure battery is fully charged by using the proper power adapter > for > your iBook computer. If it is not charging, try a different AC outlet. > The > power connector on the iBook will glow amber if the battery is > accepting a > charge, it will glow green once the battery has reached full charge. > If the > power connector is not glowing, you may have an issue with the AC > adapter or > AC outlet. > 2. Reseat battery to ensure it is making good, solid contact with the > iBook. > 3. Reset power manager described in article 14449: "PowerBook: > Resetting > Power Manager". > 4. Try a different battery. > 5. Replace the battery. > > > 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>. > > 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>.
