[Ti] Mixing Power Adapters

[Pedro Vera]

My Ti 867 shipped with a 65W unit. There have been warnings that new  
Powerbooks should not be used with the older 45W.

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/ 
Macintosh_CPUs-G4/15inchPowerBookG4/1Introduction/ 
chapter_2_section_5.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000865/TPXREF105

Pedro

On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 02:07 PM, Dennis Fazio wrote:

> I  have an older Titanium PowerBook and a new Aluminum PowerBook. I  
> had two power adapters with the TiBook and got a new one with the  
> AlBook.  The TiBook power units are 45 watts and I think the AlBook  
> units are 65 watts.
>
> I've been using all three interchangeably on both PowerBooks.
>
> I'm writing to see if anyone has authoritative knowledge as to whether  
> this is a good idea or not?
>
> The TiBook power adapters do seem to charge up the AlBook OK, though  
> since the battery time on the AlBook is a lot worse than the TiBook,  
> which doesn't seem as though it should be the fault of the power  
> adapter if the indicator says 100%.  I did calibrate all batteries  
> according to instructions.
>
> -- 
> Dennis Fazio
> dfz at mac.com
>
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Thanks,

Pedro Vera
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