Re: -Powerbook Battery Woes - 5300

2003-09-28 Thread Grizzlygiant
J Sand wrote: > > Will the below also work with a 5300? > > >If you take the battery out (right bay) and start IBR _then_ plug in > >battery, it will try to charge it for a minute or two. Do this about 10 > >times if necessary before giving up. Intelligent Battery Update (IBR) is for PB 5X0s on

Re: Here we go again-Powerbook Battery Woes

2003-09-28 Thread Grizzlygiant
"Howard R. Katz" wrote: > > Interesting suggestion--I may try it, but to be honest, I've become not a > big fan of this charger--having to refrigerate your batteries prior to > charging seems a strange workaround. Also, would that keep them from > heating up all that much near the end of the cycl

-Powerbook Battery Woes - 5300

2003-09-27 Thread J Sand
Will the below also work with a 5300? If you take the battery out (right bay) and start IBR _then_ plug in battery, it will try to charge it for a minute or two. Do this about 10 times if necessary before giving up. If the above doesn't work, use a normal battery charger (150-1000 milliamps, 7-

Re: Here we go again-Powerbook Battery Woes

2003-09-27 Thread Howard R. Katz
Interesting suggestion--I may try it, but to be honest, I've become not a big fan of this charger--having to refrigerate your batteries prior to charging seems a strange workaround. Also, would that keep them from heating up all that much near the end of the cycle? Later.Howard _

Re: Here we go again-Powerbook Battery Woes

2003-09-26 Thread Grizzlygiant
maxtek wrote: > Emmpathy stills reports the EMM is suspect. The > weird thing (and I hope this clicks with someone out there) is the battery > doesn't show up according to the operating system. If I remove it and put it > back in than it shows up as a dead battery in the menu at the top of the > s

Re: Here we go again-Powerbook Battery Woes

2003-09-26 Thread Grizzlygiant
"Howard R. Katz" wrote: > > I've got a Lind charger for the 500 series. It heats the batteries up so > much you can't hold them. I've a VST battery charger that I trust a lot > more. > > Later.Howard Hello Howard: I received a good tip from a Duo owner. Put the batteries in t

Re: Here we go again-Powerbook Battery Woes

2003-09-25 Thread Howard R. Katz
I've got a Lind charger for the 500 series. It heats the batteries up so much you can't hold them. I've a VST battery charger that I trust a lot more. Later.Howard Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular pr

Re: Here we go again-Powerbook Battery Woes

2003-09-25 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 9/25/03 5:03:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Anyone out there have any further suggestions on my bad 500 series battery? I have a few bad ones myself... did Lind® ever make a recharger for the 500-series batteries, and if so, who has one? ;-) I know the Lind charger for th

Here we go again-Powerbook Battery Woes

2003-09-25 Thread maxtek
Hi Listers, Anyone out there have any further suggestions on my bad 500 series battery? The Apps I have tried so far: Emmpathy 1.1 Emmpathy 2.0 Intelligent Battery Recondition No luck with the above. Emmpathy stills reports the EMM is suspect. The weird thing (and I hope this clicks with someon

Re: Battery Woes

2002-03-26 Thread Spencer Carter
Check the archives. Seems to me I read in the recent past that the problem could be with the PowerBook's AC/battery charger and the solution was to replace the unit that came with the 1400 with another one made for G3s (or the iMac yo-yo?). Spence > Subject: battery woes > Da

Re: Battery woes

2002-03-26 Thread Sionnach Aisling
--- "Ken Norris (dialup)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to know the answers to this as well. I've > never really been able to > run my PB 1400c on the battery. I bought it used and > figured the battery > wouldn't hold a charge because it was worn out, so I > bought a new one (these > thi

Re: battery woes

2002-03-25 Thread Charlie Reyes
ifab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a fairly new battery in my 1400 that just doesn't hold a charge >very long. I have an app called "My Battery" says it is fully charged >and I should get 4 hours but I only get about 45min. if I'm lucky. >I have used Battery Recondition as well. Is there a

Re: Battery woes

2002-03-25 Thread Ken Norris (dialup)
on 3/24/02 10:59 PM, (PowerBooks) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Subject: battery woes > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 02 15:49:02 -0500 > From: ifab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-Id: <20020324205427.QTXK1147.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@[192.168.1.100]> > > I have a fairly new batter

battery woes

2002-03-24 Thread ifab
I have a fairly new battery in my 1400 that just doesn't hold a charge very long. I have an app called "My Battery" says it is fully charged and I should get 4 hours but I only get about 45min. if I'm lucky. I have used Battery Recondition as well. Is there anything else I can try. Basically