Re: Pismo Battery Won't Charge

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chances are the dc power adapter card  plug is broken or lifted off a 
solder point (if you can juggle the the plug on the pismo-its probably 
that) ebay $60-$80 (don't get the lombard version not compatible) + i 
hour max light technical skills (or $300+ at a certified apple service 
center) another solution is once you have the power board off, you 
should be able to tell if it is repairable with a bit of  solder or 
just burned out . its usually from grabbing/using the laptop while the 
power cable is on, also make sure your yoyo is not shortening out at 
the plug. otherwise personally on my pismo i've replaced it twice. you 
can easily find tear apart instructions google it. as far as the 
battery it might be toasted, try 
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60655 - never used it , 
also there is a battery utility 
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12649  . if you have 
to buy a new battery stay away from bti they sux - won't hold a decent 
charge after a couple of weeks. i heard good things with 
http://www.newertech.com/newer_bats.html. good luck!

rama.
On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:14 AM, Charles Estabrooks wrote:
The yoyo adapter on my Pismo recently broke at the connector to the 
book.  Toward the end I had to wiggle the skinny wire to make contact, 
but instead of the standard icon with the lightening bolt which 
indicates battery charging, OS X shows a battery icon with an 
electrical plug, and the battery never seemed to take a charge. It 
remains always at 0%. I bought a replacement on the Swap list (one of 
the black kind), with no change.  I zapped the PRAM, pressed the reset 
button on the back, and even went through the Open Firmware reset 
procedure, but I get no battery charging.  I even booted into OS9 to 
see if it was an OS thing, but no difference.  Is it possible I burned 
something out using the bad adapter, or is there a way to reset this 
battery charging thing?

Thanks,
Charles
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