> -----Original Message----- > From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Stefan Persson > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:33 PM > To: PowerBooks > Subject: Re: What's a Powerbook worth?!? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 5:54 pm > Subject: Re: What's a Powerbook worth?!? > > > > Of the two batteries which came with the machine, > one was properly > > programmed > > already and it charged fully; the other still > needs to be > > reprogrammed before > > I attempt to charge it. > > > > How is this reprogramming of a 540c battery > accomplished?? When I try EMM.... (the recommended > battery refresh program) I always get the text that > it is immpossible to remedy anything about the battery. > There is a utility from VST that tests and re-programs the battery (cannot think of the name at the moment, even though I was using it last night), also there is the Apple 'smart battery update' there is also a utility by Lind that does much the same, however I have just been re-building some 5xx batteries and out of 5 I was playing with 3 had faulty eeprom chips (they had a stuck bit and would not re-program even in a stand-alone programmer after removing,) I ended up copying the data from a good chip to brand new chips and then running the batteries through the VST and Lind utilities, I am now in the middle of checking them, so far it is looking good. If you need the utilities then I could e-mail them to you tomorrow or Monday. Ben. NB Battery amnesia (shareware) is useful for testing/deep discharging the batteries.
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