Re: Bronze Powerbook won't charge Battery. Please Help.

2003-06-15 Thread John Beringer
Robert, Thank you immensely ! Your tip was right on the money, My wife happily reports that the bronze PB is now, once again, charging the battery! Thanks also to the other suggestions offered (however, I remain dubious about the solution that required bouncing the PB off the side of a dumpster

Bronze Powerbook won't charge Battery. Please Help.

2003-06-14 Thread John Beringer
My wife has encountered the this troubling phenomenon this last week - her powerbook refuses to charge her battery any longer. She can still use the G3 333 MHz when plugged in to a wall socket, but it will power down immediately when this energy source is removed. After looking at the Apple

Re: Bronze Powerbook won't charge Battery. Please Help.

2003-06-14 Thread Brian Deuel
Reseat the battery. Pop it out and push it back in. I had the same problem and this fixed it. Brian *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 6/14/2003 at 10:50 AM John Beringer wrote: My wife has encountered the this troubling phenomenon this last week - her powerbook refuses to charge her

Re: Bronze Powerbook won't charge Battery. Please Help.

2003-06-14 Thread John Beringer
Well, I wish it were that responsive. I've tried that to no avail. The laptop is seeing the battery, because it gives me an exed out icon if I remove it. I will not however, take any charge!! Any other suggestions? JB On 6/14/03 11:02 AM, Brian Deuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reseat the

Re: Bronze Powerbook won't charge Battery. Please Help.

2003-06-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On apple's web site there is a battery reset utility. worked for mine. do a search in the downloads section for Bronze and Battery and you should be able to find it. It's an OS9 app that doesn't work with classic On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 02:15 PM, John Beringer wrote: Well, I wish it

Re: Bronze Powerbook won't charge Battery. Please Help.

2003-06-14 Thread Kurt Appling
RE; I remember awhile back someone bouned theirs off the side of a dumpster and it started working again,dont know if it was the shock or the threat lol On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 02:15 PM, John Beringer wrote: Well, I wish it were that responsive. I've tried that to no avail. The