Still wrestling with a troublesome graphite iBook SE (graphite) and battery, OS X (the 10.2.8 rebuild) and/or System 9.
Here's the problem: After charging the battery for about 10 minutes (adding about 1-3 percentage points of additional charge), the laptop's power-ring turns from orange to green and it won't charge any more -- unless I remove the battery and reinsert it. Then, the process begins again, and I get another few percentage points of power, but that's all. I have tried what I believe to be all the standard remedies in various combinations: Power Manager Reset, zapping PRAM (Command-Option-P-R as well as Tech Tool), System 9 and OS X (the rebuild of 10.2.8), the Open Firmware commands "RESET-NVRAM" and "RESET-ALL, Battery Amnesia software (under System 9) .... And yet the problem persists: Just a few percentage points of additional juice per recharge-after-battery-removal-and-reinsertion. Seems as if the battery itself is fine; it's less than a year old, and -- once I get it recharged using this clunky method -- it runs the computer just fine, for a long period of time. Theories or suggestions, anyone? Is it the iBook or the battery? Thanks. CM -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
