Re: Rebuilding batteries
I had it done in Taipei, cost me 3000 NT which is about US$94.97 Getting over 3.5 hours with screen on full and airport. But I think it's probably better to buy new (generic) - with warranty etc, longer times etc . Would certainly not be worth sending to Taipei from US back for rebuilding. Newertech and macsales have 7200 mAh Pismo batteries for $160, others cheaper. Good luck, Stuart. On 11/04/2005, at 5:35 AM, Mark wrote: Laurent, I had a Pismo battery rebuilt. It was not necessary to recalibrate; mine automatically did it over 5 or 6 recharge cycles; Pismo would just continue to operate long after indicating zero; next charge would show a longer time until it stabilised. However the charge LEDs no longer function; small loss. Did you do this rebuilding yourself or have it done? Id love to rebuild my own Pismo batteries and any info you've got would be appreciated. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: rebuilding batteries
Frank Cornew at [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: Laurent: Ever try to reset/recharge in a PB (is it the Wallstreet? or the Lombard?) that would accept the Pismo battery and would also run Battery Reset? to which Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied: Didn't have a Lombard around to try to reset it, unfortunately... Dang it, I really want to hack Battery Reset to run on Pismo, it's gotta be possible! I have both Lombard and Pismo and so know how very bloody useful is this utility. I've been able to recover several previously unusable batteries, using Lombard of course. If I'd had only Pismo I'd have been SOL. I realize this isn't a hacker/programmer forum, so does anyone have any ideas where can I go to ask for the help I need to do this hack? I'll need help from someone with MacsBug and 68K-code experience (I _think_ BR2 is written in 68K-code.) I've only a rough idea about this stuff, but I _do_ have the interest _and_ both PBs Lombard and Pismo on hand with which to play . . . Dan K . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: rebuilding batteries
Dang it, I really want to hack Battery Reset to run on Pismo, it's gotta be possible! Has anyone just tried changing the gestalt? Or are the Lombard and Pismo Mach gestalt the same (410 for New World, I think)? Otherwise, you might try playing around with GestLab to find differences between the gestalts for the Lombard and Pismo. Perhaps something will stick out (bclk maybe?) that is different between the two. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: rebuilding batteries
On 04/03/04 15:50, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:03 AM -0600 3/4/04, John Slavin wrote: I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time. Over on the Duo list there are discussions from time to time about rebuilding the batteries. It is pretty well generally accepted that using a dremel tool, and some care, it's pretty easy to open up the battery and replace the cells, at a cost quite a bit less than a replacement battery. Is it possible to do that on the wallstreet battery? Has anyone done it? As a rule, no, or at least not easily. The first problem is that Lithium cells are not generally available. There is, I believe, also an issue with resetting the controller chip inside the battery. Even if you can find the cells they may cost so much as to make it not worth your effort, although that is purely speculation on my part. Indeed. I was able to find relative cheap lithium cells on eBay ($40). I proceeded to rebuild one of my Pismo battery. I had some problems fitting the cells in the housing, but I've never been able to reset the controller chip. So, my Pismo never wanted to recharge the battery... -Laurent. -- Laurent: Ever try to reset/recharge in a PB (is it the Wallstreet? or the Lombard?) that would accept the Pismo battery and would also run Battery Reset? Just to take advantage of your work and to divert some toxic waste from the landfill for the time being. Tend to agree with a later poster on this thread that rebuilding isn't cost effective at present. F. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: rebuilding batteries
on 06/03/04 23:47, Frank Cornew at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04/03/04 15:50, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:03 AM -0600 3/4/04, John Slavin wrote: I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time. Over on the Duo list there are discussions from time to time about rebuilding the batteries. It is pretty well generally accepted that using a dremel tool, and some care, it's pretty easy to open up the battery and replace the cells, at a cost quite a bit less than a replacement battery. Is it possible to do that on the wallstreet battery? Has anyone done it? As a rule, no, or at least not easily. The first problem is that Lithium cells are not generally available. There is, I believe, also an issue with resetting the controller chip inside the battery. Even if you can find the cells they may cost so much as to make it not worth your effort, although that is purely speculation on my part. Indeed. I was able to find relative cheap lithium cells on eBay ($40). I proceeded to rebuild one of my Pismo battery. I had some problems fitting the cells in the housing, but I've never been able to reset the controller chip. So, my Pismo never wanted to recharge the battery... -Laurent. -- Laurent: Ever try to reset/recharge in a PB (is it the Wallstreet? or the Lombard?) that would accept the Pismo battery and would also run Battery Reset? Just to take advantage of your work and to divert some toxic waste from the landfill for the time being. Tend to agree with a later poster on this thread that rebuilding isn't cost effective at present. Didn't have a Lombard around to try to reset it, unfortunately... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bug-compatible adj.: [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as apath separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
rebuilding batteries
I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time. Over on the Duo list there are discussions from time to time about rebuilding the batteries. It is pretty well generally accepted that using a dremel tool, and some care, it's pretty easy to open up the battery and replace the cells, at a cost quite a bit less than a replacement battery. Is it possible to do that on the wallstreet battery? Has anyone done it? John Slavin Kirksville, MO [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: rebuilding batteries
Are there any instructions for other batteries that you've come across online? I would like to look at them, and then extrapolate for my Wallstreet. The battery is shot anyway, so there's nothing to loose. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: rebuilding batteries
On 04/03/04 15:50, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:03 AM -0600 3/4/04, John Slavin wrote: I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time. Over on the Duo list there are discussions from time to time about rebuilding the batteries. It is pretty well generally accepted that using a dremel tool, and some care, it's pretty easy to open up the battery and replace the cells, at a cost quite a bit less than a replacement battery. Is it possible to do that on the wallstreet battery? Has anyone done it? As a rule, no, or at least not easily. The first problem is that Lithium cells are not generally available. There is, I believe, also an issue with resetting the controller chip inside the battery. Even if you can find the cells they may cost so much as to make it not worth your effort, although that is purely speculation on my part. Indeed. I was able to find relative cheap lithium cells on eBay ($40). I proceeded to rebuild one of my Pismo battery. I had some problems fitting the cells in the housing, but I've never been able to reset the controller chip. So, my Pismo never wanted to recharge the battery... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: rebuilding batteries
Just out of curiousity, do you have any pix of the inside of the battery case? I'd like to see what it looks like? On Thursday, March 4, 2004, at 03:30 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 04/03/04 15:50, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:03 AM -0600 3/4/04, John Slavin wrote: I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time. Over on the Duo list there are discussions from time to time about rebuilding the batteries. It is pretty well generally accepted that using a dremel tool, and some care, it's pretty easy to open up the battery and replace the cells, at a cost quite a bit less than a replacement battery. Is it possible to do that on the wallstreet battery? Has anyone done it? As a rule, no, or at least not easily. The first problem is that Lithium cells are not generally available. There is, I believe, also an issue with resetting the controller chip inside the battery. Even if you can find the cells they may cost so much as to make it not worth your effort, although that is purely speculation on my part. Indeed. I was able to find relative cheap lithium cells on eBay ($40). I proceeded to rebuild one of my Pismo battery. I had some problems fitting the cells in the housing, but I've never been able to reset the controller chip. So, my Pismo never wanted to recharge the battery... -Laurent. -- === = Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 --- John Slavin Kirksville, MO [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: ?Rebuilding batteries
A word of caution from the guy with the burned fingers. I've rebuilt lots of battery packs in drills etc with NiCads and had no soldering problems, however, when soldering a tab on my 540c's lithium button cell (PRAM back up battery) a little too much time with the soldering iron and the cell exploded. Actually, ruptured would be a better word, but through the site of the rupture came a white-hot jet of something (oxidizing Lithium? Should help my mood swings) which sent me to the ER w/ second degree burns on two fingers and ultimately lost the fingernail on one. Hey - Be CAREFUL out there! BTW I abandoned attempts to rebuild my PB battery as the cost would be half that of a new battery and didn't justify all the effort and potential failure. -- Al Terego There are two things that counseling has helped me realize. One is that I have Attention Deficit Disorder and maybe afterwards we could go see a movie. -Ken Kligerman -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
