Powerbook battery

2006-02-08 Thread Wanda K.
I'm trying to help a friend get a powerbook going. it is a 867 mgz 15 inch that we can't get the battery out of. how does the latch work on the battery. -- Wanda K. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives

Re: Powerbook battery

2006-02-08 Thread Geoffrey Peters
Stardate 060208.08:38 -0600. A subspace message from Wanda K. reads: I'm trying to help a friend get a powerbook going. it is a 867 mgz 15 inch that we can't get the battery out of. how does the latch work on the battery. Use a small coin to twist the latch to point the little dot to the

Re: Powerbook battery

2006-02-08 Thread Wanda K.
on 2/8/06 8:55 AM, Geoffrey Peters at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stardate 060208.08:38 -0600. A subspace message from Wanda K. reads: I'm trying to help a friend get a powerbook going. it is a 867 mgz 15 inch that we can't get the battery out of. how does the latch work on the battery. Use

Re: Powerbook battery

2006-02-08 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
I'm trying to help a friend get a powerbook going. it is a 867 mgz 15 inch that we can't get the battery out of. how does the latch work on the battery. Use a small coin to twist the latch to point the little dot to the open-padlock position, then you can lift the battery out. This is not

Re: Powerbook battery

2006-02-08 Thread Wanda K.
on 2/8/06 5:43 PM, Malcolm Cornelius at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IRRC when you have the machine flipped over it slides fully left to be open, the battery should pop up a little, if not flip the machine back and it should drop out. -- Best wishes That is all right, but it is not popping

Re: Powerbook battery

2006-02-08 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
IRRC when you have the machine flipped over it slides fully left to be open, the battery should pop up a little, if not flip the machine back and it should drop out. That is all right, but it is not popping out, it's stuck. Springs probably gone, push it as far as you can and then brute

Re: Powerbook battery

2006-02-08 Thread Wanda K.
on 2/8/06 6:10 PM, Malcolm Cornelius at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Springs probably gone, push it as far as you can and then brute force unless anyone knows better. -- Best wishes Thanks, we got it. It seems to work right now but I don't know why it didn't before -- Wanda K. -- G-Books