I bought a replacement APC NiMH for my PB5300. You might recall I had the
problem with an outgassing NiMH...
I gave the battery bay a good clean and scoured the contacts and surrounding
plastic as per Clark Martins suggestion.
I soon noticed that the power LED was at times remaining fully lit when
At 6:37 AM -0500 11/14/05, matthew.j.ellis wrote:
Thanks for clearing up the confusion over the Li-ion batteries.
I will try a search for the factory stamps.
Is it possible that the NiMH cooked simply because of batttery age? I only
bought the 5300 recently (2 weeks or so) cosmetically as new.
On Nov 13, 2005, at 7:08 PM, Brian McEwen wrote:
IIRC, the 5300 had a flaming battery recall for repair. Only one
or two started cooking, but it was enough to bring them all back.
Pre-production units that never made it out of the factory to the
consumer, unlike Dell who DID have a bunch
Thanks for clearing up the confusion over the Li-ion batteries.
I will try a search for the factory stamps.
Is it possible that the NiMH cooked simply because of batttery age? I only
bought the 5300 recently (2 weeks or so) cosmetically as new. The battery was
holding no charge at all.
Thanks,
Hi Matt
I have a spare 5300 battery and no 5300 anymore if you want it i
think it holds a charge of around 1 hr tops.
vicki
On Nov 14, 2005, at 11:37 AM, matthew.j.ellis wrote:
Thanks for clearing up the confusion over the Li-ion batteries.
I will try a search for the factory stamps.
Is it
Clark,
Do you think that if I give the terminals inside the bay a thorough clean with
abrasive, back to bare metal, that it will be safe to replace the old battery
with another.
i.e. What do you think that the chances are that the old battery was the
initiating fault? And could the whining sound I
IIRC, you can tell if a 5300's been thru the Apple refurbish program by
looking into the battery bay. If there's a number of some sort printed on
the floor of the bay then it's been worked on. (I think this included the
hinges too?)
Later.Howard
At 1:43 PM -0500 11/14/05, matthew.j.Ellis wrote:
Clark,
Do you think that if I give the terminals inside the bay a thorough clean with
abrasive, back to bare metal, that it will be safe to replace the old battery
with another.
i.e. What do you think that the chances are that the old battery was
IIRC, the 5300 had a flaming battery recall for repair. Only one
or two started cooking, but it was enough to bring them all back.
The history is this: The 5300 was to have been the first laptop with
lithium-ion batteries. Prototypes were sent out to s/w developers, and a
couple of them
Thanks Vicki for the offer of the battery.
Clark, I will give that a try.
Thanks to everyone you have cleared up a lot of misunderstanding, now I feel a
jot more confident about my little 5300.
Matt
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PB 5300c running OS8.6.
A capacitor type whining from under the palm rest, and considerable heat
building up. The battery had begun to cook around the positive terminal,
plastic
was decomposed and fused to terminal points within the battery bay.
Am I correct to think that I cannot connect the
Am I correct to think that I cannot connect the PB5300c to mains power when a
battery is in the bay?
Do I read your question correctly ?
Are you asking if you have to have the battery out when you run a Powerbook
from the mains ?
Naturally not.
Short of shipping a VST charger from the
I'd complain to Apple.
On Nov 13, 2005, at 6:42 PM, matthew.j.ellis wrote:
PB 5300c running OS8.6.
A capacitor type whining from under the palm rest, and
considerable heat
building up. The battery had begun to cook around the positive
terminal,
plastic
was decomposed and fused to
On Nov 13, 2005, at 7:42 PM, matthew.j.ellis wrote:
PB 5300c running OS8.6.
A capacitor type whining from under the palm rest, and
considerable heat
building up. The battery had begun to cook around the positive
terminal,
plastic
was decomposed and fused to terminal points within the
IIRC, the 5300 had a flaming battery recall for repair. Only one or
two started cooking, but it was enough to bring them all back.
Bit of an urban myth that, IIRC
My understanding is that the 5300 was planned to be released with Li-on
batteries but a couple of the prototype batteries
On Nov 13, 2005, at 9:26 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:
My understanding is that the 5300 was planned to be released with
Li-on
batteries but a couple of the prototype batteries overheated due to
manufacturing problems with the batteries. The 5300 was therefore
released
with Ni-Mh batts
IIRC, the 5300 had a flaming battery recall for repair. Only one or
two started cooking, but it was enough to bring them all back.
Bit of an urban myth that, IIRC
My understanding is that the 5300 was planned to be released with Li-on
batteries but a couple of the prototype batteries
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