I'm on a Tangerine iBook (yeah, I know, don't ask), whose battery seems to have died. The machine works fine withe the power plug connected, but it won't start up if I disconnect the power, and if I remove the plug while I'm using it, it shuts down immediately. Also, the battery indicator is perpetually stuck on 0%. So obviously something's wrong.
I tried reseting the PMU as per Apple's instructions, but I'm not sure if it actually got reset, or if I was just poking around the button. I think maybe I broke it :o
Anyways, is there some other magic thing one can do to revive a dead battery? I've already tried zapping the PRAM.
In article 1gi2ecc.1ew7wlt11m4nggN%mkrongve@redacted.invalid, mkrongve@redacted.invalid (Mathias Rongved) wrote:
I'm on a Tangerine iBook (yeah, I know, don't ask), whose battery seems to have died. The machine works fine withe the power plug connected, but it won't start up if I disconnect the power, and if I remove the plug while I'm using it, it shuts down immediately. Also, the battery indicator is perpetually stuck on 0%. So obviously something's wrong.
I tried reseting the PMU as per Apple's instructions, but I'm not sure if it actually got reset, or if I was just poking around the button. I think maybe I broke it :o
Anyways, is there some other magic thing one can do to revive a dead battery? I've already tried zapping the PRAM.
Have you tried "battery reset"? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60655
James Meiss jdm@redacted.invalid wrote:
Have you tried "battery reset"? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60655
I would, but I don't have OS 9 installed on this machine. It's running Panther, and surprisingly well, too. Guess I'll have to look around for an OS 9 disc.