I don't know what battery reset utility does, because it won't work with my
Pismo, but I do know that when I first got the battery from OWC it did not
charge at all for quite a while and then only a little bit even though the
Well, Battery Reset does just this -- resets the battery. I got a
Caleb,
If you get the battery to work properly you will be pleased with the
performance, as mine gave me an additional hour of use in my Pismo compared
to the Apple battery.
By the way, your questions were not stupid by any means! How else are you
going to find things out if you don't ask and
I hope it's going to work properly, as well. However, my thoughts are
leaning towards the non-functioning side of things, as it's been 15
hours since I plugged it in and over 9 hours since my last post, and
it's still showing 1% charge according to XBattery and OS X. I'm
starting to think it's
This is just a wild guess but i think the new battery is a bigger
capacity than the original to calibrate the battery meter you need to
run it down all the way until os x tells you your power is low and
then plug it in and charge it completely.
Richard
On Jan 8, 2006, at 6:06 PM, Howard
Caleb,
I would also suggest that you charge the battery for at leas 24hr with the
Lombard turned off. I know that is hard if it is your only Mac, but I
believe you will have much better luck by not using it until the battery is
charged.
Tom
On 1/8/06 11:39 AM, Caleb Cupples [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I talked to NewerTech support, and they're going to set up a
replacement battery, because of the symptoms shown. If anything, I
commend them on having a good support team, and I think I'll be very
happy with my replacement. Of course, I'm looking forward to having a
mobile Lombard, to ride out
Caleb Cupples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (among other
things):
I got three lights and 66% charge, before I got brilliant and
decided to reset the thing using the Battery Reset Utility
in OS 9. Nothing has happened since.
Battery Reset 2.0 rewrites the battery's 'firmware', using one of two
Hi, Listers,
I've got a NewerTech battery that is fresh out of the box. It was
charging fine last night, but it seems to have stopped at 62% charge.
The Lombard was in sleep mode overnight, so I have no idea if this may
have contributed to it. However, I do remember that the lights were on
Before I forget, I also reset the PMU and the NVRAM, as well, with no
results showing. The battery lights should be on, but they aren't.
Caleb
On Saturday, Jan 7, 2006, at 12:51 America/Chicago, Caleb Cupples wrote:
Hi, Listers,
I've got a NewerTech battery that is fresh out of the box. It
Shut it off and charge the batteries. My new battery from OWC had to charge
for over 24hr before it took a full charge.
Tom
On 1/7/06 1:21 PM, Caleb Cupples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Before I forget, I also reset the PMU and the NVRAM, as well, with no
results showing. The battery lights
That's the exact opposite of what I wanted to hear. Oh well, it'll be
worth it to make my production machine portable.
Thanks,
Caleb
On Saturday, Jan 7, 2006, at 14:35 America/Chicago, Tom Ethen wrote:
Shut it off and charge the batteries. My new battery from OWC had to
charge
for over 24hr
Tom, not to sound ignorant or anything, but aren't the little lights
supposed to come on when it's charging, because mine certainly aren't.
Even on my first attempt immediately after getting the battery, which
resulted in OS X showing 100 % charge well before any actual charge,
the lights were
Caleb,
I don't know what battery reset utility does, because it won't work with my
Pismo, but I do know that when I first got the battery from OWC it did not
charge at all for quite a while and then only a little bit even though the
lights stated otherwise. I then just left it for the weekend and
I'm going to leave it on the charger through Monday afternoon, and if
it isn't up by 4 PM CST on Monday, I'll call OWC. I can't have it down
for any considerable amount of time, though, even if it means that I
have to drag the yoyo everywhere, like it or not.
Tom, I really appreciate you
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