Hello, I'm a little confused with your problem... I have 'white bars' appear in the control strip when the battery is less than completely full, and when I first plug a battery in, it is completely white, then quickly turns to grey, once it realises the battery is charged (I think the OS assumes a dead battery is inserted)(BTW, 1400c/133, OS 8.6)
Have you tried 're-conditioning' the battery? Is it a NEW battery, or an original battery? I've heard of original batteries still being sold... A battery that has been sitting on a shelf for 5-6 years isn't too great apparently :-) Your 'book should do really well once you have the new battery working, I use mine for university work, and with the hard drive set to spin down, the screen dim, processor cycling, no VM and all kinds of other low-power tricks, I get about 3 1/2 hours from the original battery... Good luck with it, -- John On 14/3/03 3:49 PM, "A. Dishinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Dana et. al., > > Yes, fortunately, I just received it and the battery has a year warranty, so > if > this turns out to be a big waste of my time I can return it. Whew! > > I am being patient with the process... Every time I put the new battery back > in > to charge I am getting more "white bars" at first... and then they rapidly > diminish -- in about 5 seconds. > > Having old Macs is such an adventure. I love mine to pieces; I just hope now > that I've made the commitment to a new battery that this works out well. =-) > > ~Aly > > Dana Collins wrote: > >> eBatts touts a one- year guarantee >> - is yours covered at this time? > > -- 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
