Hi. I upgraded to 10.2.8 the day it was released. My PowerBook G4 (DVI, 667 MHz, 1 GB RAM) worked just fine, except that battery life became noticeably shorter. I did an "archive and install" of 10.2 and ran Software Update several times (until it had no more updates to offer) to bring my PB back to 10.2.6.
The battery problem did not go away. I get the you-are-running-low message when the battery meter on the menu bar is still half-full. I don't think I get more than 1.5 hours on a full charge.
Did I do something wrong? Anything else I should have done?
Thanks.
Marty zneglybcrm ng fqnpprff qbg pbz
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 07:05:41 -0700, Marty Lopez (zneglybcrm@redacted.invalid) wrote:
Hi. I upgraded to 10.2.8 the day it was released. My PowerBook G4 (DVI, 667 MHz, 1 GB RAM) worked just fine, except that battery life became noticeably shorter. I did an "archive and install" of 10.2 and ran Software Update several times (until it had no more updates to offer) to bring my PB back to 10.2.6.
The battery problem did not go away. I get the you-are-running-low message when the battery meter on the menu bar is still half-full. I don't think I get more than 1.5 hours on a full charge.
I said that this did not happen on my Pismo after the 10.2.8 update. I had "restarted" (as opposed to shutdown & restart) after the update, and there was no change in battery usage.
I generally leave my PB on for days on end. Yesterday I did a shutdown and restart, and now have the same problem with battery life that you and others have reported. I hope Apple fixes this soon .... I used to get three hours on a full charge. I get about an hour to an hour and a half now.
Beverly
In article slrnbnr1hs.jhc.bevakupf@redacted.invalid, Bev A. Kupf bevakupf@redacted.invalid wrote:
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 07:05:41 -0700, Marty Lopez (zneglybcrm@redacted.invalid) wrote:
Hi. I upgraded to 10.2.8 the day it was released. My PowerBook G4 (DVI, 667 MHz, 1 GB RAM) worked just fine, except that battery life became noticeably shorter. I did an "archive and install" of 10.2 and ran Software Update several times (until it had no more updates to offer) to bring my PB back to 10.2.6.
The battery problem did not go away. I get the you-are-running-low message when the battery meter on the menu bar is still half-full. I don't think I get more than 1.5 hours on a full charge.
I said that this did not happen on my Pismo after the 10.2.8 update. I had "restarted" (as opposed to shutdown & restart) after the update, and there was no change in battery usage.
I generally leave my PB on for days on end. Yesterday I did a shutdown and restart, and now have the same problem with battery life that you and others have reported. I hope Apple fixes this soon .... I used to get three hours on a full charge. I get about an hour to an hour and a half now.
Beverly
Bev - in case you didn't see it, there has been a lot of discussion of this at macfixit.com. since 10.2.8 was pulled.
Cathy
Run your software updater....I think this may fix the battery issue
Friday, October 03, 2003 15:03:12 US/Central: Installed "Mac OS X Update" (10.2.8)
In article zneglybcrm-1C457C.07053703102003@redacted.invalid, Marty Lopez zneglybcrm@redacted.invalid wrote:
Hi. I upgraded to 10.2.8 the day it was released. My PowerBook G4 (DVI, 667 MHz, 1 GB RAM) worked just fine, except that battery life became noticeably shorter. I did an "archive and install" of 10.2 and ran Software Update several times (until it had no more updates to offer) to bring my PB back to 10.2.6.
The battery problem did not go away. I get the you-are-running-low message when the battery meter on the menu bar is still half-full. I don't think I get more than 1.5 hours on a full charge.
Did I do something wrong? Anything else I should have done?
Thanks.
Marty zneglybcrm ng fqnpprff qbg pbz
In article noemail-B6291B.15131503102003@redacted.invalid, aRKay noemail@redacted.invalid wrote:
Run your software updater....I think this may fix the battery issue
Friday, October 03, 2003 15:03:12 US/Central: Installed "Mac OS X Update" (10.2.8)
It does (fix the problem, that is)!
Before 10.2.8 (the first one) I was getting about 3:15 out of my iBook. After 10.2.8 it went to about 1:50. I just ran the updated updater and I'm back to 3:18.