I have been unsuccessfully trying for 3 days to charge up a brand new shrink-wrapped BTI battery for my 540c.
I thought I was successful tonight. I unplugged the PB (after it was plugged in all night and all afternoon) and hit the power key to boot it. It booted fine and after one minute it beeped at me and said it had no reserve power and would shut down...it did. The battery icon in the menu bar appeared to be full. But obviously it wasn't...or is that a power manager problem (how do you reset the power manager on a 500 series)? The other problem I am experiencing is loosing connection with the battery. The first time I tried to boot the PB I hit the power key and it started fine and after a few extensions had finished loading I picked it up and I guess I flexed the body slightly and it just shut off. I tried the power key again and nothing...so I pushed on the plastic housing to the right of the trackpad and than it booted. Has anyone had these problems? Is there a fix or websites pertaining to these problems. I have no reason to believe the batteries are bad. I do believe the charging problem might be related to the connection problem I mentioned. Please help and thanks, MaxTek -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
