Re: PowerBook 1400 Battery Reconditioning Problem

2003-05-29 Thread Roger Volk 
Chris,

Have you gone into the powerbook control panel and set all parameters for
max time/efficency vrs best conservation?

Roger

Christopher Kolp wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> So they arrive and they work great and look like they've never
> been taken out of the box. Execept for the batteries, they both
> left much to be desired. The machines work flawlessly though.
>
> My battery would last a good 3-5 minutes and then hit "reserve power"
> and hers would last approx. 30-35 minutes and do the same. I figured
> some battery reconditioning was in order before I set out for new
> batteries at $100+ each.
>
> I used Battery Amnesia on mine, the latest version, after reading
> its rave reviews on the web. It worked. I now have a good 40 minutes
> of battery power, not too shabby! When I ran the program it would kill
> the battery in a matter of ohh.. 1hr 30mins to 2hrs and I'd recharge
> fully and do it again. Did it 6 times until I saw consistant results.
> All is well on that one.(clip)
>
> So I figured I'd try Apple's Battery Reconditioning. Tried it on mine first
> and it worked. I followed the instructions, plugged it in, and let it do its
> thing. A couple of hours later, I was done. On hers, it sits there for 8+
> hours trying to work. I gave up after 8 hours (and trying battery amnesia
> previously 4 times) and figured someone out there could shed some light on
> this.
> (clip)


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Re: PowerBook 1400 Battery Reconditioning Problem

2003-05-29 Thread Tina Holm 
At 0:53 -0400 29/05/03, Christopher Kolp wrote:
>On hers, I haven't been able to kill the battery. When I run Battery Amnesia
>it'll get to the point where the system says "It's running on very low power
>and will go to sleep to save the system." At that point it goes to sleep
>and will not wake up.

I have a PB 1400 battery acting the same way. Like you I also tried the
Apple reconditioner, which works as supposed, except it doesn't make any
difference whatsoever. I assume it's the end of that battery.

Not too helpfull info I guess, hope you have better luck with yours.

Tina


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PowerBook 1400 Battery Reconditioning Problem

2003-05-29 Thread Christopher Kolp 
Hello everyone!

As some may or may not know, I recently purchased two
PowerBook 1400s for my wife and I. We've loved the design
since way back and found two killer deals on them.

Anyways...

So they arrive and they work great and look like they've never
been taken out of the box. Execept for the batteries, they both
left much to be desired. The machines work flawlessly though.

My battery would last a good 3-5 minutes and then hit "reserve power"
and hers would last approx. 30-35 minutes and do the same. I figured
some battery reconditioning was in order before I set out for new
batteries at $100+ each.

I used Battery Amnesia on mine, the latest version, after reading
its rave reviews on the web. It worked. I now have a good 40 minutes
of battery power, not too shabby! When I ran the program it would kill
the battery in a matter of ohh.. 1hr 30mins to 2hrs and I'd recharge
fully and do it again. Did it 6 times until I saw consistant results.
All is well on that one.

On hers, I haven't been able to kill the battery. When I run Battery Amnesia
it'll get to the point where the system says "It's running on very low power
and will go to sleep to save the system." At that point it goes to sleep
and will not wake up. And that's it. If I let it, it'll sleep for 10+ hours
like that. I finally was tired after hour 10 and plugged it in and canceled
it. Mine did that but would die some time later. Maybe 20 mins.

So I figured I'd try Apple's Battery Reconditioning. Tried it on mine first
and it worked. I followed the instructions, plugged it in, and let it do its
thing. A couple of hours later, I was done. On hers, it sits there for 8+
hours trying to work. I gave up after 8 hours (and trying battery amnesia
previously 4 times) and figured someone out there could shed some light on
this.

Appologies for the long email but it bugs me when I get an email asking for
help and the problem is a one-liner or not described properly.

Here are the specs on the two machines, for what it's worth:

(The one with the battery recondition problem)
PowerBook 1400c
MacOS 9.0.4
NewerTech 250/1MB G3 Upgrade (latest newer drivers from OWC)
64 MB RAM
6 GB IBM HD
Floppy Drive (have cd but floppy stays in)
Battery

(The one that battery reconditioning works on)
PowerBook 1400cs
MacOS 9.1 (but also worked when it arrived with 7.6)
NewerTech 250/1MB G3 Upgrade (latest newer drivers from OWC)
64 MB RAM
750 MB HD
Floppy Drive
Battery

Thanks in advance,

Chris K.



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