Re: Battery Problems Solved!!!

If you left the lombard unplugged with the dead battery in it, how did the battery get charged ? What exactly was the symptom of the dead battery ? Mad Dog The battery had a full charge before it started acting weird. It would show no charge on the lights and a full charge according to the

Re: Battery Problems Solved!!!

Since someone mentioned that they appreciate people posting to inform of the resolution of a problem, allow me this. My battery is fixed!!! I the Lombard unplugged in sleep mode for about seven hours, and the battery worked when I plugged it back in. It showed all 4 LEDs and a full charge in

Battery Problems Solved!!!

Since someone mentioned that they appreciate people posting to inform of the resolution of a problem, allow me this. My battery is fixed!!! I the Lombard unplugged in sleep mode for about seven hours, and the battery worked when I plugged it back in. It showed all 4 LEDs and a full charge in

Wallstreet battery charger

Does anyone have the manual for a VST external battery charger for wallstreet batteries ? I need to know what the light sequences mean. thanks, Mad Dog -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Re: Powerbook battery

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-Boo

Re: Powerbook battery

>> 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

Re: Powerbook battery

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 ri

Re: Powerbook battery

>>> 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 >> o

Re: Powerbook battery

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

Re: Powerbook battery

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

Powerbook battery

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.co

Re: Pismo battery woes?

ottom > of a filing cabinet for two months before I got my lucky li' mitts on > this G3/500/768MB/20GB beauty with the unmarred case. Sent it off to > get fixed. > > The case issue aside (a long story), the battery which was 14 months > old, had been swapped on me by the bo

Pismo battery woes?

/500/768MB/20GB beauty with the unmarred case. Sent it off to get fixed. The case issue aside (a long story), the battery which was 14 months old, had been swapped on me by the body repair centre. It is being recognised, as in under 9.1 the battery appears in the menubar, but it reads 0 %

Re: Pismo battery revival?

> Hello, > I had a Pismo battery that showed four green lights when the button > on the side was pushed. > I let it sit for a few weeks without power and now only one battery > light blinks green. > Is the battery dead and can I revive it somehow? The blinking light means it is

Pismo battery revival?

Hello, I had a Pismo battery that showed four green lights when the button on the side was pushed. I let it sit for a few weeks without power and now only one battery light blinks green. Is the battery dead and can I revive it somehow? Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.

Re: Battery Time Left (Pismo)

On Jan 20, 2006, at 6:05 AM, John McGibney wrote: I use it on a TiBook and an AlBook both with 10.4.4. I've never had a problem with Panther nor Tiger. Tjhis is a Pismo-specific Tiger issue. My wife's Pismo was also unable to calculate the remaining battery/charge time after th

Re: Battery Time Left (Pismo)

an 19, John McGibney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I use SlimBatteryMonitor, it loads a menu icon that can be color coded, shows time left till empty, shows percent charged while charging and pops up a dialog box when the battery gets to 10% left. And its donationware, pay only if you want to.

Re: Battery Time Left (Pismo)

On Thursday, Jan 19, John McGibney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I use SlimBatteryMonitor, it loads a menu icon that can be color coded, shows time left till empty, shows percent charged while charging and pops up a dialog box when the battery gets to 10% left. And its donationware, pay o

Re: Battery Time Left

I use SlimBatteryMonitor, it loads a menu icon that can be color coded, shows time left till empty, shows percent charged while charging and pops up a dialog box when the battery gets to 10% left. And its donationware, pay only if you want to. John On Jan 19, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Daniel

Re: Battery Time Left

On Sunday, Jan 15th, I started this thread: For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says "calculating..." or is just a blank, depending on which

Re: Battery Time Left

repairing permissions...Now running 10.4.4 pismo 400 igb ram...Never had that problem since..Original Apple battery that came w/the Pismo. Regards, Mike K in central PA __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection aro

Re: Battery Time Left

repairing permissions...Now running 10.4.4 pismo 400 igb ram...Never had that problem since..Original Apple battery that came w/the Pismo. Regards, Mike K in central PA __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection aro

Re: Battery Time Left

My Pismo, w/ clean install of OS X.4, original apple batteries, and the computer always says Calculating. too. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer <°<°.°.°.°. http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ Pismo400, 1G RAM, OS X.4.3 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your las

Re: Battery Time Left

Dan & Van: Me too...Pismo with Newertech high cap battery. Tiger upgrade, not clean install. Many full cycles on battery, PRAM reset, power mgr reset, utilities, Macaroni type maintenance, full sotware updates. Thought it had to do either with the battery not being from apple or that

Re: no "Battery Time Left" on Pismo

Various upgrades to Tiger screwed up Apple's battery monitor software. Try using one of the freebee aftermarket ones found at versiontracker.com. They seem immune to the upgrade bug. John On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: For some reason I can no longer get in

Re: no "Battery Time Left" on Pismo

For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says "calculating..." or is just a blank, depending on which program I use to measure it. I have "show

Re: Battery Time Left

Dan - I have suffered this exact issue on my Pismo. Haven't figured out how to fix it either - my next stop? Start from scratch. Also - I believe my battery doesn't last as long under Tiger.. but that is just a sense. Please let me know if you remedy this - I'd be very inte

Battery Time Left

For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says "calculating..." or is just a blank, depending on which program I use to measure it. I have &qu

Titanium Battery Compatibility?

I wonder if somebody can confirm for me whether a battery from either/ both a G4 667 Gigabit Ethernet, or DVI Titanium Powerbook, is IDENTICAL and INTERCHANGEABLE with G4 800 DVI Titanium? Newertech brand appears to be the same. But are Apples? TIA Dave -- G-Books is sponsored by <h

Re: Battery not charging properly.

> 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 t

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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'

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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 Lomba

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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&quo

Re: Battery not charging properly.

f, it shouldn't be that low with that much time in the wall. *It's 11:35 AM Sunday, where I'm at, so that's a good point of reference. I tried the NVRAM and battery resets about 24 hours ago, also.* I'm pretty sure it's the battery, at this stage of the game. Hope th

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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

Re: Battery not charging properly.

Could the problem be that you should be charging it 24 hours with the 'book turned off? Having it running might be the problem, or be giving false readings. LaterHoward -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

Re: Battery not charging properly.

arting to think it's a battery problem or a Lombard problem. I'm leaning toward the former, though. Thanks for not considering my questions to be stupid, and hopefully having these things answered now will help someone else later on. I do agree on the being one of the best G3/G4 answe

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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 as

Re: Battery not charging properly.

eally appreciate you taking the time to answer all my stupid questions about the Lombard battery, as it's the first laptop with a Li-Ion I've had in a long time. The last was a Toshiba Satellite that died within two months of my getting it, so I'm not even going to consider it. I can s

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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 w

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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,

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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 > result

Re: Battery not charging properly.

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 t

Battery not charging properly.

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 we

Re: Flaky New Battery or a PRAM issue?

At 2:23 AM -0800 01/05/2006, Barry Muller wrote: Last summer I purchased a "new" battery for my Pismo and within the last few weeks occassionally (though with increasing frequency) it has gone from full charge to zero very quickly (w\in 15 minutes or so). While it's possible t

Re: Flaky New Battery or a PRAM issue?

I don't know about the Pismo, but, based on my Lombard experience, yes, it's a dead PRAM. Try booting into Open Firmware and typing 'reset-all'. That could help a lot. Caleb On Thursday, Jan 5, 2006, at 04:23 America/Chicago, Barry Muller wrote: Last summer I purchased

Flaky New Battery or a PRAM issue?

Last summer I purchased a "new" battery for my Pismo and within the last few weeks occassionally (though with increasing frequency) it has gone from full charge to zero very quickly (w\in 15 minutes or so). It is one of those OWC batteries that "promises" 125% (IIRC) bat

Re: Battery Care

Udo, Check out this link for Lithium batteries. http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm On Wednesday, December 28, 2005, at 04:32PM, Udo Huth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> finally, what's the final word on whether or not it's a good idea to >> fully d

Re: Battery Care

finally, what's the final word on whether or not it's a good idea to fully discharge your battery once a month or so? PC magazine recently ran an article on batteries. <http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-2375-5-55-185739-286961-0-0-0-1> They say 500 charge/discharge cycl

Re: Battery Care

> finally, what's the final word on whether or not it's a good idea to > fully discharge your battery once a month or so? > It is a VERY good idea to always discharge a LiIon battery fully. A LiIon battery like in the PowerBook Wallstreet is good for about 1,000 charge

Re: Battery Care

my battery in my wallstreet was only registering a 50% capacity charge so i went to the macfixit page and reset my pmu as it suggested. now the wallstreet doesn't even see the battery. any ideas? someone posted info about a battery restoring utility, does anyone know what it's

Sudden loss of battery power

My PB Pismo suffers a sudden drop in battery power from about 70% to 0% and goes to sleep. It takes about half an hour to go from 100% to 70%. This started about a month ago, prior to which the battery drained normally (lasted about two hours). There is no problem when it is connected to AC

ti and battery issues

Hi All Need help with the battery on my Ti. The book has stopped charging the battery It shows that the battery is there but just says calculating ...until full and will not charge the battery at all i have reset the pmu, i have tried it with the battery out to see if it notices the

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

--- Francesco sciacca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok, tried that: exhausted the battery until the PB > shut itself off. > Recharged to full. Taken out for about a minute, > back in, same 99% level of > charge. Left the battery out overnight, then back > in, still 99%

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

> > Once teh battery is fully discharged, plug the machine > > in and let it sit until the battery indicator shows a > > full charge. > > > > Now, unlock the battery and take it out of the > > notebook. Hold it in your hand for about 30 seconds, > > an

Re: Lombard Battery

You might be able to get some use back to the battery by cycle charging it. I would try cycle charging at least a dozen times in succession. If that doesn't help, I'd say it's time for a new one. Sionnach --- Caleb Cupples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I

Lombard Battery

Hi, I just got my new Lombard 400 in, and the battery is completely dead. I left the thing plugged in for about 2 1/2 hours while I was at my band concert, and there was no change from the battery. It's still at 0% charge, according to OS X. Is there any way to make this thing work? My

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

> Once teh battery is fully discharged, plug the machine > in and let it sit until the battery indicator shows a > full charge. > > Now, unlock the battery and take it out of the > notebook. Hold it in your hand for about 30 seconds, > and then put it back in the notebook a

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

Cycling a battery is really a pretty simple process. I usually start by getting a full charge on my battery as it sits, and then switching solely to battery power and running the machine completely dead. Meaning - let it shut itself off... Once teh battery is fully discharged, plug the machine

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

On Nov 27, 2005, at 11:33 PM, Clem Bacani wrote: I have a PBG4 500 Mhz and I wonder what is the expected life of the battery. I only have an hour to keep it running now. Is that normal? Any recommendations? Or do I need to recondition my battery? What steps will I take to maximize

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

I'm going to second Sionnach's comment about making sure you use the battery on a regular basis. After a year of use, my Thinkpad's battery lasts just as long now as it did when new - about 90 minutes. My co-worker, who got his laptop about the same time, gets maybe 20 minutes...

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

Hi Vicki and Sionach I have followed your suggestions to the letter and hope to get more on this. I will keep you informed of the success. I think one of the reasons why my battery does not stay as long as two hours is the reason cited below by Sionach. -- allowing the laptop plugged

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

> This email is getting long enough for now ;-) If you > don't know how to cycle charge a battery, let me know > and I'll email you the steps. ok, I'd be interested in that. Any remedy to the common problem to have the pb going to sleep without warning while advertising

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

Clem, Vicki's suggestions are good for maximizing usage. Sounds like your battery has lost a little of it's original lifespan which is not abnormal for an older battery. Off the top of my head, I'd guesstimate that you probably had more like 2 hours when it was new. I'

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

Hi Clem If you are still getting 1 hr from the first battery and you use the mac like that then (that is great not good) To get better life try this. Go the the system prefs and select the energy saver settings, Then click the options tab. select the 1st and 2nd of the other options then

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

, Clem On Nov 27, 2005, at 10:53 PM, VICTORIA.DUGGAN wrote: On Nov 28, 2005, at 4:33 AM, Clem Bacani wrote: I have a PBG4 500 Mhz and I wonder what is the expected life of the battery. I only have an hour to keep it running now. Is that normal? Any recommendations? Or do I need to

Re: Life of PBG4 Battery

On Nov 28, 2005, at 4:33 AM, Clem Bacani wrote: I have a PBG4 500 Mhz and I wonder what is the expected life of the battery. I only have an hour to keep it running now. Is that normal? Any recommendations? Or do I need to recondition my battery? What steps will I take to maximize

Life of PBG4 Battery

I have a PBG4 500 Mhz and I wonder what is the expected life of the battery. I only have an hour to keep it running now. Is that normal? Any recommendations? Or do I need to recondition my battery? What steps will I take to maximize power of my battery? Clem -- G-Books is sponsored

Re: replacement Pismo battery

Brian Check http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/ On Nov 27, 2005, at 12:29 PM, Brian A. Miller wrote: Hi, I would like to purchase a new (or possibly refurbished?) battery for my Pismo. I may even buy two of them. Looking for battery life for extended use when not plugged in to AC

replacement Pismo battery

Hi, I would like to purchase a new (or possibly refurbished?) battery for my Pismo. I may even buy two of them. Looking for battery life for extended use when not plugged in to AC. It currently has (the original, I think) PowerBook Lithium Ion Apple Rechargeable battery M7318 which now seems

Re: Battery Care

On Oct 26, 2005, at 4:14 PM, bobgir2004 wrote: Always seems to be someone or other asking about the best way to care for one's battery, how to get the longest life from it, etc. In that case, <http://tinyurl.com/extcq> might be worth checking out. It leads to a rece

Battery Care

Always seems to be someone or other asking about the best way to care for one's battery, how to get the longest life from it, etc. In that case, <http://tinyurl.com/extcq> might be worth checking out. It leads to a recent MacFixit page on that very subject. bob --

erratic battery behaviour

Hi I apologise if I'm going over old ground here, but I have just bought a Powerbook G3 Wallstreet series II, 233MHz, 160Mb RAM, 20Gb IBM Travelstar HD from ebay. It all seems to work perfectly when the AC lead is plugged in, but within a few minutes of using it on battery power alo

Seeking WS II PMU, PRAM battery, Modem, DVD drive /decoder card. . .

What do you have? Price is a limiting factor in which of these I can take; I hope you have one or more at a very reasonable price. Please include mailing cost in what you ask. I'm Long Beach, NY 11561. Right now I'm at 233 MHz; I might be interested in a faster processor, as well. . . Many blessi

Re: Question about a Powerbook G3 PRAM battery

--- Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Re: a Wallstreet] >8snip8<--- > PRAM is maintained by a battery, when those go dead, > the systems can > act quite unpredictably. > > <http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/3.11.0.html> shows the > proce

Wallstreet battery ?

Do any of the external chargers for Wallstreet batteries offer any sort of battery reconditioning ? I have a few batteries that wont charge and Battery Reset doesnt help. thanks, Mad Dog -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Lombard Battery/Apple Battery Reset Software

> I have two Lombard batteries that I'm considering using Battery Reset on. > (A) One battery charges to all five bars but dies within a few moments > when > trying to use it. > (B)The other battery shows it's in the bay but doesn't charge at all. ... > My specif

Lombard Battery/Apple Battery Reset Software

I have two Lombard batteries that I'm considering using Battery Reset on. (A) One battery charges to all five bars but dies within a few moments when trying to use it. (B)The other battery shows it's in the bay but doesn't charge at all. I've read both positive and negativ

Re: 2400c-190 battery?

on 17/06/05 19:39, Dan O'Donnell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A neighbor has just discovered that I know a little about Macs and > asked me about her machine. Turns out it's a 2400c/190. Problem is that > it's losing date and time, and so I assume the small battery that

2400c-190 battery?

A neighbor has just discovered that I know a little about Macs and asked me about her machine. Turns out it's a 2400c/190. Problem is that it's losing date and time, and so I assume the small battery that holds PRAM settings is dead. (Assuming the 2400c is like old desktop machines.)

Re: powerbook g3 pismo battery problem

>From MacDaily News - Report: Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1 for Intel hits piracy sites Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 12:14 PM EST   "There is nothing at all that prevents the version of Mac OS X that runs on the developer transition machines from running on any PC with compatible components," Jeff Harrel

Re: powerbook g3 pismo battery problem

Have there been any responses to this yet? If so, then I apologize for bringing it up again. I have not seen any responses, so I'll give it shot. First, what is the age of your battery? I have/had two batteries for my Pismo and they both lasted just over four years (consecutive years

powerbook g3 pismo battery problem

g'day, the battery in my pismo (powerbook g3 firewire) has just died (m7318) and i wondered if it has anything to do with the recent os upgrade i performed (10.2 to 10.3)? everything was fine until i upgraded a couple of weeks ago and now it's as dead as a dodo. is this

iBook Battery Exchange

calling to check where I was, wondering where to deliver the battery (! The norm is more often that they only call if they don't succeed in delivering at your address). When I said I was at work, they instantly offered to come there instead of to my home. When we had a break in our meeting a lit

Re: iBook fixed + iBook Battery Exchange

I already received my replacement battery. Still have to send the original back but the enclosed literature says that I have until 2007 to do this. Of course I'm going to send it back next week. Anyway, now my iBook won't spontaneously combust. Tim On May 27, 2005, at 8:50 AM,

iBook fixed + iBook Battery Exchange

Hi all, Again, I just have to thank so much for the information about the iBook battery re-call. I would most likely not have known about it, had it not been for this list. Finally got my iBook back today, after being without it for 2 months! I asked the shop if they could replace the battery

SV: VIP!!!! Apple Battery Recall

Thanks a lot for posting this! I just e-mailed the co. That now has had my iBook for 2 months, to ask them to check if I have this battery as well. My iBook gets so hot I almost burn myself touching it... None of my Power Books has been this way. My iBook was purchased in Hong Kong though, not in

Re: VIP!!!! Apple Battery Recall

On May 20, 2005, at 6:48 AM, K wrote: Morning 'Listas Go to CNN...An article just came up concerning iBook G4 and Powerbook G4 Batteries made by LG...According to the Consumer product Safety Commission Apple has agreed to recall 128,00 of the batteries sold in the US Go here

VIP!!!! Apple Battery Recall

afety Commission announced Friday that Apple Computer is recalling a rechargeable battery used in its iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 computers, due a risk of overheating and fires. The commission's statement said Apple is recalling about 128,000 of the batteries sold in the United States. It said th

Re: Pismo w/Tiger - battery time reduced and not calculated

It's interesting. I experienced the same issue at the beginning but then I got to exercise my battery by draining and charging it several times and it seems to be working fine now--giving me both time and percentage. ___ NBT On May 19, 2005, at 13:32

Pismo w/Tiger - battery time reduced and not calculated

All - I had been running Jaguar and Panther (for a short time) and was getting 3+ hours of runtime with AirPort enabled. After upgrading to Tiger, I've noticed a couple things. First, it doesn't calculate how much time is left on the battery. It will show percent, but not time.

Re: Best strategy to maintain an iBook battery?

>>I just bought a new Lithium-Ion battery for my Wallstreet, and from >>what research reading I've done on battery care this is how *I'll* >>take care of mine: >> >>1) I won't leave the battery in the 'Book while running on AC >>adapter pow

Re: Best strategy to maintain an iBook battery?

At 4:54 PM -0700 5/17/05, Gene Osburn wrote: Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wants to know: What's your best idea of the wisest way to maintain the greatest functionality of an iBook 500 battery? Are these batteries damaged by allowing them to become completely discharged? Are they damaged

Re: Best strategy to maintain an iBook battery?

Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wants to know: What's your best idea of the wisest way to maintain the greatest functionality of an iBook 500 battery? Are these batteries damaged by allowing them to become completely discharged? Are they damaged by leaving them (in the iBook) connecte

Re: Best strategy to maintain an iBook battery?

On May 17, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: Hi, Folks! What's your best idea of the wisest way to maintain the greatest functionality of an iBook 500 battery? I've just replaced mine, and realize that my habit of plugging it into the AC adapter whenever I'm able to may

Re: Best strategy to maintain an iBook battery?

My Understanding is that you should use the computer on battery power alone at least infrequently, if not regularly, and you should use the iBook until the battery is fully discharged. These activities are actually good for the performance of the battery, and necessary. Brian On May 17

Best strategy to maintain an iBook battery?

Hi, Folks! What's your best idea of the wisest way to maintain the greatest functionality of an iBook 500 battery? I've just replaced mine, and realize that my habit of plugging it into the AC adapter whenever I'm able to may not be the best strategy to maintain the battery&#x

Re: Battery life under Tiger

My new Newer Tech battery is also stil calculating the remaining time after a week using Tiger a few hours a day. It calculates the percentage but not the time for some reason. Op May 10, 2005, om 7:33 AM heeft Frank Cornew het volgende geschreven: Nope. Nonetheless, the time remaining for

Re: Battery life under Tiger

I get 3:30 or so from my 15" AlBook 1.25ghz with Airport on and screen about 1/3 brightness. I have since new. Processor is set to automatic. Speaking of which... what rev of G4 is needed to have the "automatic" show up as a processor power option under Tiger? My 1st gen AlBook seems to only

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