[Ti] PB battery won't recharge

[Ondra Soukup]

Well, I'm having a battery issue  too.

First the battery said like 30 minutes on 100% charge, 4 out of 4  
lights down on the battery , went to 0% and worked for 1-1,5 hours  
more on 0%
Doing that few times, I teached the battery's real capacity, however  
in September, the battery started to charge to 100%, says 12 minutes,  
BUT there is only one blinking light down on the battery out of 4.  
That means it is drained but battery indicator says 100%/12minutes.  
After those 12 minutes, the computer realy goes to sleep :/

How to get battery to charge to full power ? To have 4 out of 4  
lights again.


On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Dr Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

>
> On 9 Nov 2005, at 01:55, Alcovia at aol.com wrote:
>
>> My PB battery won't recharge, I was not able to copy the info fast  
>> enough before it went dead. Can I recharge it myself? It won't  
>> recharge with the normal way. Will I have to buy a new battery?
>
> Sophia - my experience on new Ti and Al books since 2001 is that  
> the battery life is between 1 and 2 years.  I am  sure that your  
> battery (if it is the original) is at least 2y old, as the 667 must  
> be that old at least, so my view is that the battery is probably  
> due for replacement.
>
> Normally the batteries "fade" - hold their charge for less and less  
> time, before dying, but the failure can be quite quick - within a  
> week or so, once it starts.
> Did you get any warning signs, or was it sudden failure?
>
> If you can borrow one for a minute from an Apple shop, or a friend,  
> and just replace it, that will show for sure if it is the battery  
> itself or something else.
>
> Trevor
>
> PS: I use my old battery to lift the backend of my 'book off the  
> desk, to improve the airflow....
>
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