[P1] Clamshell battery period | 4.1.7 firmware?

[Marc van Gemert]

Hi guys replying to three of you at once if you don't mind:

Brian Pearce wrote:

> If this is a used model, it's possible the battery has lost some of its' 
> capacity over time. (My battery is three years old and has been through 
> daily charge/discharge cycles, so it's down to about 45-50 minutes 
> capacity.)

OK guess it's normal than.

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Joe Jones wrote:

 > My iBook is much quieter with IBM's new 40GNX drive. It's a little
 > more responsive too, since the new drive has 8Mb cache over the
 > original 2Mb in the old drive, and has a higher spindle speed.

They have 8MB cache 2.5" HDs, great! Think I'll scoop for a 40GNX then!

 > It was a little disconcerting to be installing OS X and only beingable
 > to hear the optical drive making any noise.

hehe excellent, shows that the HD is indeed very quiet :-)

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e.mkeene wrote:

 > There is a small app that does a better battery fix for the
 > clamshells, I'm drawing a blank on the name right this minute. If you
 > go to the software download page and type battery in the search box,
 > it should show up in the list. If your battery is on its last legs,
 > the app won't fix it but if it is still good, you should be able to
 > restore the battery to better, consistent time. Keep in mind, however,
 > that time wise, the clamshell batteries are nearing the expected
 > normal end of life time. (500-800 charge cycles)

Thanks, I stumbled upon a battery fix on Apple's kbase, wondered if I 
needed that, I will go and have a look at it again.

Now what about the 4.1.7 firmware update, is that the notorious 
cheap-RAM-disabling-update?



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