[SUMMARY] [Ti] battery flex problem on early TI500

[Jerry Kemp]

Here is my summary on my question.  I received (1) reply.

It appears that the only real fix for the problem is to buy a new 
battery or to try to tape the original battery in place.

Thanks to Dave Friesen for his reply.

Jerry K




On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 11:47  AM, Jerry Kemp wrote:

> I have an early TI500 that I purchased February 2001 and to date have 
> had pretty good luck with it (i.e. good paint, good battery life, 
> etc).  As of the last few days, I have been experiencing loss of power 
> when running on battery only and the laptop case flexes.
>
> I vaguely remember many moons ago that this was an item of much 
> discussion and would like to request input from TI owners who had that 
> problem and was able to resolve it.  My original Apple warranty is 
> long expired and I would like to explore options.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry K
>