At 7:40 AM -0700 28/7/03, Dave Friesen wrote: >Is that the original battery? If so, it quite old. If not call Apple and get >it replaced. Flaming batteries make great headlines, something they don't >want. Yes, it is the original battery. However, before this incident, I didn't have any problems with the battery holding a charge. > >Exposed in the rain???? If I ever get caught the PB goes under whatever I'm >wearing. Was it wet or just a couple drops on the PB? Just a few drops. It was nowhere near drenched. But since there was a significant time before it getting a bit wet and the time the battery burned out I cannot make a definite conclusion that it was the cause of my problem. >Internal battery only last so long. -- ================================ L e o D. V e n e z u e l a email: ldven at i-manila.com.ph mobile email: levenezu at globextm.com.ph mobile: +63 922 369 7958 fax: +1 413 826 2738 ================================ "No experience of the failure of his policy can shake his belief in its essential excellence." - The Woodenheadedness of Philip II