In a message dated 5/26/2004 12:40:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Should the battery in my 280c charge while on a/c power? Yes it should.... >Also under >7.6.1 there is nothing on the control strip that lets me see any kind of >battery level. Does that mean the battery is completely dead? Perhaps the battery contacts on the motherboard are not properly aligned. I know a non-present (or non-seen) battery will cause the control strip's battery information will go away; maybe a bad battery too... In my personal experience, when a battery is dead, the control stip will STILL indicate that a non-charged (and NOT charging) battery is present, so I'm thinking the four little prongs inside the battery bay aren't aligned properly. Recently my child's 280c would not run off the battery, BUT would charge it and see it... turns out that the motherboard battery prong, 1st on the right, was not aligned. Unplugged the 280c, straightened it out (carefully!) and all was well... Craig W. Atlanta GA "If you go to war you have already lost" ---Shogun Tokugawa -- 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
